Determinants of Bioartificial Myocardial Graft Survival and Engraftment In Vivo

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1242-1250

  Mueller Stahl, Knut ^a,b   Kofidis, Theo ^a,c,d   Akhyari, Payam ^a   Lee, Darren H L ^c   Lenz, Andre ^a   Martinez, Eliana C ^d   Woitek, Felix ^e   Haverich, Axel ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b KLINIKUM BREMEN MITTE   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYCLOSPORIN; DESMIN; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; PREDNISOLONE; TROPONIN T; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; VIMENTIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOARTIFICIAL ORGAN; CELL COUNT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL VIABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGRAFTMENT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART GRAFT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RAT; STROMA CELL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; BIOARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 54249146406     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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