Physiologic pulsatile flow bioreactor conditioning of poly(ethylene glycol)-based tissue engineered vascular grafts

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 190-200

  Hahn, Mariah S ^a   McHale, Melissa K ^a   Wang, Eva ^a   Schmedlen, Rachael H ^a   West, Jennifer L ^a,b  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrogel; Material properties; Medial equivalents; Transmural shear; Transmural strain

Indexed keywords

MEDIAL EQUIVALENTS; TRANSMURAL SHEAR; TRANSMURAL STRAIN;

BLOOD VESSELS; HYDROGELS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PULSATILE FLOW; SHEAR STRESS; TISSUE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

BIOREACTORS;

MACROGOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; BIOREACTOR; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PULSATILE FLOW; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; BIOPROSTHESIS; BIOREACTORS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSELS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MICE; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PULSATILE FLOW; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33846297021     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-006-9099-3     Document Type: Article

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