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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2004;128:155-156
© 2004 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

Letter to the editor

Suggestion for functional model to test effects of decellularization of rat aortic valve allografts on leaflet destruction and extracellular matrix remodeling

Division of Cardiac Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

David B. Ross, MD

Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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To the Editor:

In their article "Decellularization of Rat Aortic Valve Allografts Reduces Leaflet Destruction and Extracellular Matrix Remodeling," Grauss and colleagues¹ elegantly evaluated various methods of decellularization of aortic valve conduits and tested their structural . . . [Full Text of this Article]