Achieving the ideal properties for vascular bypass grafts using a tissue engineered approach: A review

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 327-336

  Sarkar, Sandip ^a   Schmitz Rixen, Thomas ^b   Hamilton, George ^c   Seifalian, Alexander M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burst pressure; Collagen; Elastin; Endothelial progenitor cell; Endothelialisation; Small intestinal submucosa; Stem cell; Tissue engineering; Vascular graft

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; COLLAGEN; HEMODYNAMICS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PROSTHETICS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BURST PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR BYPASS GRAFTS; ELASTIN; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; ENDOTHELIALISATION; SMALL INTESTINAL SUBMUCOSA; STEM CELL; VASCULAR GRAFT;

GRAFTS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTERY RESISTANCE; BIODEGRADATION; BLOOD COMPATIBILITY; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; BONE MARROW; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GRAFT PATENCY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEMODYNAMIC STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG TERM CARE; MECHANICAL STRESS; REVIEW; SHELF LIFE; SMALL INTESTINE MUCOSA; STEM CELL; THROMBOGENICITY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ARTERIES; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STEM CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 34047143177     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-007-0176-z     Document Type: Review

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