Unexpected Early Failure of a Decellularized Right Ventricle to Pulmonary Artery Graft

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2026-2027

  Schreiber, Christian ^a   Eicken, Andreas ^a   Seidl, Stefan ^a   Lange, Rüdiger ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLOGRAFT; ARTERY GRAFT; CASE REPORT; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; REOPERATION; THROMBOGENICITY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOPROSTHESIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REOPERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56049111905     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.04.052     Document Type: Letter

References (2)

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