Elasticity of frozen aortic valve homografts.
Homograft aortic valves were treated and stored in different ways and then tested for elastic qualities. It appears from the findings that the most satisfactory long-term storage technique is to flash-freeze the valves in the presence of dimethyl sulphoxide immediately after dissection.
D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000637:transplantation*; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide; D004548:Elasticity; D005615:Freezing; D006801:Humans; D009926:Organ Preservation / Q000379:methods*; D014021:Tissue Preservation / Q000379:methods*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide