Viability in human heart valves prepared for grafting
- 1 May 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Cardiovascular Research
- Vol. 10 (3) , 394-397
- https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/10.3.394
Abstract
Viability of antibiotic sterilized and stored human heart valves obtained at routine necropsy was assessed by tissue culture and protein and collagen synthesis. Only three of 23 valves examined showed any evidence of viability, in striking contrast to earlier work on canine valves obtained under optimal conditions. These findings justify doubts regarding pre-implantation viability in human heart valves prepared for grafting.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Tissue culture, protein and collagen synthesis in antibiotic sterilized canine heart valvesCardiovascular Research, 1976
- The pathology of human aortic valve homograftsThorax, 1967
- Pathology of the human aortic valve homograft.Heart, 1966