Cardiovascular Pathology
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 222-231, July 2011

Early obstruction of decellularized xenogenic valves in pediatric patients: involvement of inflammatory and fibroproliferative processes

  • Iwona Cicha

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Erlangen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Laboratory of Molecular Cardiology, Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Schwabachanlage 10, 91054 Erlangen, Germany. Tel.: +49 9131 8535896; fax: +49 9131 8532079.
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  • André Rüffer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Cardiac Surgery, Erlangen, Germany
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  • Robert Cesnjevar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Cardiac Surgery, Erlangen, Germany
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  • Martin Glöckler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Erlangen, Germany
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  • Abbas Agaimy

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Pathology, University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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  • Werner G. Daniel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Erlangen, Germany
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  • Christoph D. Garlichs

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology and Angiology, Erlangen, Germany
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  • Sven Dittrich

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Erlangen, Germany

Received 8 January 2010; received in revised form 17 March 2010; accepted 26 April 2010. published online 05 July 2010.

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 All authors of this manuscript are funded from institutional sources (University Hospital Erlangen, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany). The authors have no conflict of interest to disclose.

PII: S1054-8807(10)00067-0

doi:10.1016/j.carpath.2010.04.006

Cardiovascular Pathology
Volume 20, Issue 4 , Pages 222-231, July 2011