Preservation of muscular and elastic artery distensibility after an intercontinental cryoconserved exchange: Theoretical advances in arterial homograft generation and utilization

Artificial Organs

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 662-669

  Bia, Daniel ^a   Atienza, José M ^b   Salvucci, Fernando ^c   Zócalo, Yanina ^a   Rojo, Francisco J ^b   García Herrera, Claudio ^b   Claes, Els ^b   Pérez, Héctor ^a   Craiem, Damián ^c   Lluberas, Sebastián ^a   Fernández, Daniel ^a   Laza, Sebastián ^a   Guinea, Gustavo V ^c   Armentano, Ricardo L ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c FAVALORO UNIVERSITY   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Arterial mapping; Cryopreservation; Distensibility; International cooperation; Tissue exchange; Vascular substitutes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS PRESERVATION; BIOMECHANICS; CARDIOLOGY; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;

ARTERIAL DISTENSIBILITY; ARTERIAL MAPPING; CRYO-PRESERVATION; CRYOPRESERVED; DISTENSIBILITY; ELASTIC ARTERY; IN-VITRO TESTS; MUSCULAR ARTERIES; TISSUE EXCHANGE; VASCULAR SUBSTITUTE;

TISSUE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; OVIS;

EID: 68549085164     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2009.00781.x     Document Type: Article

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