Viable vascularized autologous patch for transmural myocardial reconstruction

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 306-311

  Tudorache, Igor ^a   Kostin, Sava ^b   Meyer, Tanja ^a   Teebken, Omke ^a   Bara, Christoph ^a   Hilfiker, Andres ^a   Haverich, Axel ^a   Cebotari, Serghei ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HEART AND LUNG RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac general; Experimental surgery; Myocardium

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; AMIODARONE; COLLAGEN FIBER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CAPILLARY; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOLITIS; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; EXPLANT; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FIBROSIS; GRAFT FAILURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART BEAT; HEART GRAFT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; INTESTINE GRAFT; INTESTINE STENOSIS; JEJUNUM; MESENTERY BLOOD VESSEL; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; PERICARDIUM; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVASCULARIZATION; SMALL INTESTINE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; THORACOTOMY; TRANSMURAL MYOCARDIAL RECONSTRUCTION; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN GRAFT;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; INTESTINE, SMALL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REGENERATION; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 67650088270     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2009.02.038     Document Type: Article

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