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MONOCUSP AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT IN DOGS: AN EXPERIMENTAL MODEL |
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| Authors: | J. Goldstein M. C. Robinson G. R. McDonald R. L. Elliott B. G. Barratt-Boyes |
| Abstract: | Aortic valve replacement using human allograft valves is a well established procedure, following which histological evidence of a host-graft interaction is seen .This varies in intensity, depending on the types of sterilizing and storage agents to which the allograft is exposed prior to insertion. A canine experimental model which enables study of these tissue ingrowth patterns in variously treated allografts has been devised. The technique is described in detail. |
| Keywords: | aortic cusp grafts canine valve surgery tissue valve sterilization tissue valve storage |