The in vivo performance of small-caliber nanofibrous polyurethane vascular grafts

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Hu, Zuo Jun ^a   Li, Zi Lun ^a   Hu, Ling Yu ^b   He, Wei ^b   Liu, Rui Ming ^a   Qin, Yuan Sen ^a   Wang, Shen Ming ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center   (China)

Author keywords

Animal study; Nanofibers; Polyurethane; Small caliber vascular grafts

Indexed keywords

NANOFIBER; POLITEF; POLYURETHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; AORTA CLAMPING; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; GRAFT PATENCY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NEOINTIMA; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; DOGS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; MALE; NANOFIBERS; NEOINTIMA; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; POLYURETHANES; VASCULAR PATENCY;

EID: 84870297568     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-12-115     Document Type: Article

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