Development of biotube vascular grafts incorporating cuffs for easy implantation

Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 10-15

  Watanabe, Taiji ^a,b   Kanda, Keiichi ^b   Ishibashi Ueda, Hatsue ^a   Yaku, Hitoshi ^b   Nakayama, Yasuhide ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anastomosis; Biotube; Connective tissue; Cuff; Small caliber vascular grafts

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; POLYURETHAN; SILICONE;

ANASTOMOSIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTUBE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CAROTID ARTERY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CUFF; DEVICE; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; FIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYURETHANES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RABBITS; SILICONES;

EID: 33947504944     PISSN: 14347229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10047-006-0361-0     Document Type: Article

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