L-glutamic acid in the prevention of the calcification of bovine pericardial fixed in glutaraldehyde: study in rats

Andrea Dumsch de Aragon Ferreira¹; Francisco Diniz Affonso da Costa²; Eduardo Antonio Andrade dos SANTOS³; Evandro Antonio Sardeto⁴; Carlos Henrique Gori GOMES⁵; Claudinei COLLATUSSO⁵; Sérgio Augusto Veiga LOPES⁴; Ângela PERRUZZO⁶; Iseu de Santo Elias Affonso da COSTA⁷

DOI: 10.1590/S0102-76382007000300006 Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2007;22(3):303-309