Laser-assisted vascular end to end anastomosis of elastin heterograft to carotid artery with an albumin stent: A preliminary in vivo study

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 201-205

  Xie, Hua ^a   Bendre, Suhas C ^a   Burke, Allen P ^b   Gregory, Kenton W ^a   Furnary, Anthony P ^a  

^a PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Albumin; Anastomosis; Elastin; Lasers; Welding

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; ENERGY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HYPEREOSINOPHILIA; IN VIVO STUDY; LASER; MALE; NECROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SWINE; THROMBOSIS; VASCULAR PATENCY; WELDING; XENOGRAFT;

ALBUMINS; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CAROTID ARTERIES; ELASTIN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; LASER SURGERY; MALE; STENTS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SWINE; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 4944231706     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20092     Document Type: Article

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