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Banking of cryopreserved heart valves in Europe: assessment of a 10-year operation in the European Homograft Bank (EHB) by Goffin, Y A, Van Hoeck, B, Jashari, R, Soots, G, Kalmar, P

“…The preparation, banking and distribution of cryopreserved heart valves has been carried out at the European Homograft Bank (EHB) in Brussels without…”
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Processing of ovine cardiac valve allografts: 1. Effects of preservation method on structure and mechanical properties by Aidulis, D, Pegg, D E, Hunt, C J, Goffin, Y A, Vanderkelen, A, Van Hoeck, B, Santiago, T, Ramos, T, Gruys, E, Voorhout, W

“…It is essential to have some method of preservation of allograft valves during the time between procurement and implantation. Cryopreservation is the most…”
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The value of the stentless biovalve prosthesis: an experimental study by HAZEKAMP, M. G, GOFFIN, Y. A, HUYSMANS, H. A

“…Clinical use of the stentless bioprosthesis has not yet been accepted world-wide. Experimental studies are scarce. In a study in growing pigs, 23 aortic valve…”
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Histopathologic comparison of a pulmonary autograft and pulmonary homograft in a patient 17 months after a Ross procedure: an autopsy study by Goffin, Y A, Narine, K R, Alexander, J P, Van Goethem, J, Daenen, W J

“…The Ross operation has become very popular during the last decade. However little is known about the cellular behaviour of a normally functioning pulmonary…”
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Identification of host and donor cells in porcine homograft heart valve explants by fluorescence in situ hybridization by Braun, Jerry, Hazekamp, Mark G., Koolbergen, Dave R., Sugihara, Hiroyuki, Goffin, Yves A., Huysmans, Hans A., Cornelisse, Cees J.

“…The pathogenesis of the primary tissue degeneration that limits the life‐span of aortic and pulmonary homografts has still not been revealed. Histopathological…”
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Processing of ovine cardiac valve allografts: 3. Implantation following antimicrobial treatment and preservation by Neves, J, Abecassis, M, Santiago, T, Ramos, T, Melo, J, Gruys, E, Hulskamp-Koch, C, Ultee, A, Verkaar, E L C, Lenstra, J A, Goffin, Y A, Vanderkelen, A, Van Hoeck, B, Hunt, C J, Pegg, D E

“…It is known that a satisfactory clinical outcome can follow the implantation of cardiac valve allografts in spite of the loss of living cells in the tissue. If…”
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In situ hybridization: A new technique to determine the origin of fibroblasts in cryopreserved aortic homograft valve explants by Hazekamp, M.G., Koolbergen, D.R., Braun, J., Sugihara, H., Cornelisse, C.J., Goffin, Y.A., Huysmans, H.A.

“…Tissue degeneration reduces the durability of cryopreserved homografts. Earlier studies indicated that the presence of fibroblasts in homograft leaflets may…”
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Amyloid proteins and amyloidoses: complexity updated by Goffin, Y A

“…Amyloid is a beta-pleated fibrillar protein principally constituted of light chains of immunoglobulins (kappa or lambda) in primary or myeloma-associated…”
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Microdeposition of amyloid in the joints by Goffin, Y A, Thoua, Y, Potvliege, P R

“…The distribution of amyloid in various organs, including the hip and the sternoclavicular joints, was systemically investigated in a prospective necropsy study…”
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Amyloid deposits in bioprosthetic cardiac valves after long-term implantation in man. A new localization of amyloidosis by Goffin, YA, Gruys, E, Sorenson, GD, Wellens, F

“…Congo red staining with microscopic examination under polarized light was performed in 30 porcine bioprosthetic cardiac valves and one autologous fascia lata…”
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Histotopographic evidence that amyloid deposits in sclerocalcific heart valves and other chronic lesions of the cardiovascular system are related to old thrombotic material by Goffin, Y A, Rickaert, F

“…Deposition of amyloid in human sclero-calcific heart valves has been reported recently as a localized age-independent and dystrophic form of amyloidosis…”
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Normally and abnormally functioning left-sided porcine bioprosthetic valves after long-term implantation in patients: Distinct spectra of histologic and histochemical changes by Goffin, Yves A., Deuvaert, Frank, Wellens, Francis, Leclerc, Jean-Louis, Kiehm, Jean-Luc, Primo, Georges C.

“…This morphologic study (X-ray examination of gross specimens, histologic study and histochemical staining) compares two groups of explanted left-sided…”
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The association of amyloid deposits and osteoarthritis by Goffin, Y A

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Microdeposits of amyloid in sclerocalcific heart valves: a histochemical and immunofluorescence study by Goffin, Y A, Murdoch, W, Cornwell, G G, Sorenson, G D

“…Amyloid associated with seven sclerotic and two normal aortic and mitral valves was studied. The sclerotic valve amyloid contained microfibrils with typical…”
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Histopathology of the aortic valve in patients with a previous history of acute rheumatic fever. An analysis of 63 surgical specimens by Goffin, Y A, Leclerc, J L, Primo, G C

“…In a series of 63 surgical patients with a positive history of rheumatic fever and whose aortic valve was removed either singly or in combination with other…”
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Porcine aortic versus bovine pericardial valves: a comparative study of unimplanted and from patient explanted bioprostheses by Goffin, Y A, Bartik, M A

“…This extensive morphological study (macroscopy, x-ray, histology, histochemistry and electron microscopy) compares two types of bioprosthetic valves, porcine…”
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