Postimplantation morphologic changes of glutaraldehyde-fixed porcine aortic roots and risk of aneurysm and rupture

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-100

  David, Tirone E ^a   Armstrong, Susan ^a   Maganti, Manjula ^a   Butany, Jagdish ^a   Feindel, Christopher M ^a   Bos, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTARALDEHYDE;

ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; AORTA ROOT; AORTA SINUS; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTIC ROOT SURGERY; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; AORTIC ANEURYSM; AORTIC RUPTURE; AORTIC VALVE; BIOPROSTHESIS; FEMALE; GLUTARAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RISK FACTORS; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58249135349     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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