The influence of freezing rates on bovine pericardium tissue Freeze-drying

The bovine pericardium has been used as biomaterial in developing bioprostheses. Freeze-drying is a drying process that could be used for heart valve's preservation. The maintenance of the characteristics of the biomaterial is important for a good heart valve performance. This paper describes t...

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Main Authors: Camila Figueiredo Borgognoni, Virgilio Tattini Junior, Ana Maria Irene Bartolomeu Ayrosa, Bronislaw Polakiewicz, Adolfo Alberto Leirner, Marina Junko Shiotsu Maizato, Olga Zazuco Higa, Marisa Masumi Beppu, Ronaldo Nogueira de Moraes Pitombo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2009-12-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132009000600021