Small-diameter vascular graft prostheses: Current status

Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 100-115

  Bos, G W ^a   Poot, A A ^a   Beugeling, T ^a   Van Aken, W G ^a   Feijen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Endothelial cell seeding; Growth factors; Heparinization; Review; Small diameter vascular grafts; Tissue engineering; Vascular graft sealants

Indexed keywords

DACRON; POLITEF;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GRAFT PATENCY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; PROSTHESIS MATERIAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0032446793     PISSN: 13813455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/apab.106.2.100.4384     Document Type: Article

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