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J Heart Valve Dis
; 4 Suppl 1: S98-101, 1995 Jul.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8581221
ABSTRACT
As previously reported, we found that the fixation rate and thermal denaturation (shrink) temperature of the diepoxide-fixed tissue could be controlled by varying the concentration of the fixative as well as by adding alcohol and/or sodium chloride to the solution. In contrast to prior experience, however, we now found that the epoxide-fixed leaflets exhibited significantly higher resistance to mineralization compared to controls, but only when the tissue had not been exposed to phosphate ion.