The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 128, Issue 4 , Pages 552-561 , October 2004

Clinical pulmonary autograft valves: Pathologic evidence of adaptive remodeling in the aortic site

  • Elena Rabkin-Aikawa, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass, USA
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  • Masanori Aikawa, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass, USA
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  • Mark Farber, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass, USA
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  • Johannes R. Kratz, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass, USA
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  • Guillermo Garcia-Cardena, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass, USA
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  • Nicholas T. Kouchoukos, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Inc, St Louis, Mo, USA
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  • Max B. Mitchell, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac Surgery Department, The Children's Hospital, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colo, USA
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  • Richard A. Jonas, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass, USA
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  • Frederick J. Schoen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass, USA
    • Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (HST), Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Frederick J. Schoen, MD, PhD, Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115, USA

Received 20 November 2003 ,Revised 22 March 2004 ,Accepted 19 April 2004.

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☆ Supported in part by National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute grant PO1 HL-48743 (to Dr Peter Libby).

PII: S0022-5223(04)00641-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.04.016

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 128, Issue 4 , Pages 552-561 , October 2004

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