Fusion of concentrically layered tubular tissue constructs increases burst strength

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2226-2236

  Huynh, Thanh N ^a   Tranquillo, Robert T ^a,b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Tissue engineering; Tissue fusion; Tissue engineered blood vessel; Tissueengineered vascular graft; Vascular engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOARTIFICIAL TISSUES; BURST PRESSURES; BURST STRENGTH; CELL BEHAVIORS; CELL DENSITY; DOUBLE LAYERS; FIBER STRUCTURES; FIBRIN GELS; HUMAN DERMAL FIBROBLASTS; IN-VITRO; SINGLE LAYER; TENSILE MODULI; TISSUE CONSTRUCTS; TISSUE-ENGINEERED BLOOD VESSELS; TWO LAYERS; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRENGTH; VASCULAR ENGINEERING; VASCULAR GRAFTS;

BLOOD; BLOOD VESSELS; CELL CULTURE; COLLAGEN; GELS; GRAFTS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

FIBRIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CYTOLOGY; FIBROBLAST; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BLOOD VESSELS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FIBRIN; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERIALS TESTING; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 77954659958     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-010-0045-z     Document Type: Article

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