Porous and nonporous polycarbonate urethane stent-grafts for TIPS formation: Biologic responses

Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1255-1263

  Haskal, Ziv J ^a,c   Brennecke, Lucas J ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Endovascular stent grafts; Hypertension, portal; Interventional procedures, experimental; Shunts, portosystemic; Stents and prostheses

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; POLYCARBONATE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; URETHAN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTIMA; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STENT; SWINE;

EID: 0032861036     PISSN: 10510443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1051-0443(99)70228-9     Document Type: Article

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