Enhanced Autologous Re-endothelialization of Decellularized and Extracellular Matrix Conditioned Allografts Implanted Into the Right Ventricular Outflow Tracts of Juvenile Sheep

Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 217-227

  Quinn, Rachael W ^a   Hilbert, Stephen L ^a   Converse, Gabriel L ^a   Bert, Arthur A ^b   Buse, Eric ^a   Drake, William B ^a   Armstrong, Matt ^a   Moriarty, Sara J ^a   Lofland, Gary K ^a   Hopkins, Richard A ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allograft; Echocardiography; Heart valve; Morphology; Performance; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; AORTIC ROOT; ARTERIAL WALL; BIOPROSTHESES; CRYOPRESERVED; DECELLULARIZED; ENDOTHELIAL CELL SEEDING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; HEART VALVES; IMMUNOGENICITY; IN-VIVO; PERFORMANCE; PROCESSING STEPS; RECELLULARIZATION; RIGHT VENTRICULAR; UNIAXIAL TENSILE TESTING; VALVE REPLACEMENT;

BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; MORPHOLOGY; TENSILE TESTING; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WOOL;

VALVES (MECHANICAL);

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; CRYOPRESERVATION; DECELLULARIZED ALLOGRAFT; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VALVE BIOPROSTHESIS; JUVENILE ANIMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VALVE; SHEEP; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84861646930     PISSN: 1869408X     EISSN: 18694098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13239-011-0078-y     Document Type: Article

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