Influence of scaffold thickness and scaffold composition on bioartificial graft survival

Biomaterials

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1233-1239

  Walles, Thorsten ^a   Herden, Tanja ^b   Haverich, Axel ^a   Mertsching, Heike ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b Feodor Lynen Str 21   (Germany)

Author keywords

Elastin; Extracellular matrix; Revascularization; Scaffold; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DNA; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; TISSUE;

SCAFFOLD THICKNESS;

SCAFFOLDS;

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; BIOARTIFICIAL ORGAN; CAROTID ARTERY; CELL DENSITY; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GRAFT SURVIVAL; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; JUGULAR VEIN; MALE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVASCULARIZATION; THICKNESS;

ANIMALS; BIOPROSTHESIS; CAROTID ARTERIES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GRAFT SURVIVAL; MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALIA; OVIS;

EID: 0346666821     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(02)00490-8     Document Type: Article

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