Why the study?
Does the transplantation of second set aortic valve allografts result in accelerated rejection compared to first set allografts in inbred rats?
Population
Inbred rats with varying histocompatibility
Comparison
Transplantation of first and second set aortic… vs Nonviable allografts
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
Up to 250 days
Authors
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May support repeat valve allograft use without accelerated rejection; leaves open human translation from this animal model.
Does the transplantation of second set aortic valve allografts result in accelerated rejection compared to first set allografts in inbred rats?
Cardiac valve allografts exhibit weak antigenicity, suggesting that their use for secondary valve replacement might be favorable if antigen incompatibility is minimized.
Yankah et al. (1988) studied this question.
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