The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 124, Issue 4 , Pages 689-697 , October 2002

The pathology of fresh and cryopreserved homograft heart valves: An analysis of forty explanted homograft valves

Received 1 February 2002 ,Accepted 7 March 2002.

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☆ Address for reprints: D. R. Koolbergen, MD, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Leiden University Medical Center, PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands (E-mail: D.R.Koolbergen@lumc.nl).

PII: S0022-5223(02)00140-X

doi: 10.1067/mtc.2002.124514

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 124, Issue 4 , Pages 689-697 , October 2002

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