Allogeneic heart valve storage above the glass transition at -80°C

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1829-1835

  Brockbank, Kelvin G M ^a,b,c   Wright, Gregory J ^d   Yao, Hai ^d   Greene, Elizabeth D ^a   Chen, Zhen Z ^a   Schenke Layland, Katja ^e,f  

^a Cell and Tissue Systems Inc   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR INTERFACIAL ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY IGB   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ELASTIN; FORMAMIDE; PRESERVATION SOLUTION; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VS83;

ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CRYOPRESERVATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; HEART VALVE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; VITRIFICATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; HEART VALVES; MALE; ORGAN PRESERVATION; SWINE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 79957743759     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.02.043     Document Type: Article

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