A novel microporous polyurethane vascular graft: In vivo evaluation of the UTA prosthesis implanted as infra-renal aortic substitute in dogs

Journal of Investigative Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 273-288

  Marois, Yves ^a   Akoum, Ali ^a   King, Martin ^a   Guidoin, Robert ^a   Maltzahn, Wolf Von ^b   Kowligi, Rajagopal ^b   Eberhart, Robert C ^b   Teijeira, Francisco Javier ^c   Verreault, Jean ^c  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arterial bypass; Arterial graft; Implantation; Keywords Blood conduit; Polyurethane grafts

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; ETHYLENE OXIDE; NITROGEN; POLYMER; POLYURETHAN;

ANASTOMOSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTERY PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; DOG; GAMMA RADIATION; IMPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; RENAL ARTERY; TIME;

ANIMAL; AORTA, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; DOGS; FEMALE; KIDNEY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYURETHANES; POROSITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TEXAS; UNIVERSITIES; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 0027279796     PISSN: 08941939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08941939309141617     Document Type: Article

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