Decellularized aortic homografts for aortic valve and aorta ascendens replacement

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 89-97

  Tudorache, Igor ^a   Horke, Alexander ^a   Cebotari, Serghei ^a   Sarikouch, Samir ^a   Boethig, Dietmar ^a   Breymann, Thomas ^a   Beerbaum, Philipp ^a   Bertram, Harald ^a   Westhoff Bleck, Mechthild ^a   Theodoridis, Karolina ^a   Bobylev, Dmitry ^a   Cheptanaru, Eduard ^b   Ciubotaru, Anatol ^a,b   Haverich, Axel ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY NICOLAE TESTEMITANU   (Moldova)

Author keywords

Aortic valve; Decellularized homografts; Valve prosthesis; Valve replacement

Indexed keywords

DEOXYCHOLATE SODIUM; DISTILLED WATER; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; HEART ENZYME; RINGER LACTATE SOLUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA CLAMPING; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA VALVE; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; AORTIC ROOT SURGERY; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ASPERGILLOSIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DECELLULARIZED AORTIC VALVE HOMOGRAFT; ECG ABNORMALITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EFFECTIVE ORIFICE AREA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; INVASIVE ASPERGILLOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY VALVE REPLACEMENT; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE REGENERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATATION; YOUNG ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BIOPROSTHESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; TRANSPLANTATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLOGRAFTS; AORTIC VALVE; AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; BIOPROSTHESIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84978811198     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: 1873734X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejcts/ezw013     Document Type: Article

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