Ann Thorac Surg 2005;79:645
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
INVITED COMMENTARY
Roger J.F. Baskett, MD
Division of Cardiac Surgery, Maritime Heart Centre, Rm 2269, 2nd Fl, 1796 Summer St, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 3A7
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The study by Hooper and associates is another contribution to the understanding of the response to allograft implantation and their mode of failure in children. This group previously demonstrated a dramatic early rise in panel reactive antibodies in children who received cryopreserved allografts. This work is part of a growing body of evidence that allograft valved conduits elicit a donor . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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