Cardiac xenotransplantation technology provides materials for improved bioprosthetic heart valves

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 269-275

  McGregor, Christopher G A ^a,b   Carpentier, Alain ^c   Lila, Nermine ^c   Logan, John S ^d   Byrne, Guerard W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c University of Paris   (France)

^d FIOS Therapeutics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

1,3 galactosyltransferase; Gal; BHV; bioprosthetic heart valve; galactose 1,3 galactose 1,4 N acetylglucosamine; GGTA1; Griffonia simplicifolia IB4; GSIB4; Ig; immunoglobulin; left ventricular assist device; LVAD; PBS; phosphate buffered saline

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1,3 GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE; ANTIBODY; GALACTOSE ALPHA 1,3 GALACTOSE BETA 1,4 N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; GALACTOSE ALPHA 1,3 GALACTOSE BETA 1,4 N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE ANTIBODY; GALACTOSYLGALACTOSE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; LECTIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIBODY LABELING; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BIOPROSTHESIS; CALCIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; SWINE; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANTIGENS, HETEROPHILE; AUTOANTIBODIES; BIOPROSTHESIS; CALCINOSIS; FIXATIVES; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLUTARAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PERICARDIUM; PLANT LECTINS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS; TRISACCHARIDES;

EID: 78650281042     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.08.064     Document Type: Article

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