Implantation study of small-caliber "biotube" vascular grafts in a rat model

Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-65

  Yamanami, Masashi ^a,b   Ishibashi Ueda, Hatsue ^a   Yamamoto, Akihide ^a,c   Iida, Hidehiro ^a,c   Watanabe, Taiji ^a,b   Kanda, Keiichi ^b   Yaku, Hitoshi ^b   Nakayama, Yasuhide ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autologous tissue; Biotube; Connective tissue; In vivo tissue engineering; Vascular grafts

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; ARGATROBAN; COLLAGEN FIBER; ELASTIN; SILICONE;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BIOTUBE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GRAFT PATENCY; HISTOLOGY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MATERIAL COATING; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TIME OF FLIGHT MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; MATERIALS TESTING; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VASCULAR GRAFTING;

EID: 84875225460     PISSN: 14347229     EISSN: 16190904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10047-012-0676-y     Document Type: Article

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