Vascular endothelial growth factor enhances vascularization in microporous small caliber polyurethane grafts

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1997, Pages

  Masuda, Shinsuke ^a,b   Doi, Kiyoshi ^a,b   Satoh, Shinichi ^b   Oka, Takahiro ^b   Matsuda, Takehisa ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; ENZYME IMMOBILIZATION; GRAFT COPOLYMERS; GROWTH KINETICS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); POLYURETHANES; TISSUE;

NEOARTERIAL REGENERATION; TRANSANASTOMOTIC TISSUE INGROWTH; TRANSMURAL CAPILLARY INGROWTH; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH; VASCULARIZATION;

BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESES;

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; CYTOKINE; POLYURETHAN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CAPILLARY PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCIMER LASER; INTIMA; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0031238970     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002480-199709000-00037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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