Pressure applied during surgery alters the biomechanical properties of human saphenous vein graft

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 237-245

  Ozturk, Necla ^a   Sucu, Nehir ^b   Comelekoglu, Ulku ^b   Yilmaz, Banu Coskun ^b   Aytacoglu, Barlas Naim ^b   Vezir, Ozden ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bioengineering; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Modeling; Vascular science; Venous graft

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELASTIC FIBER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT PATENCY; HIGH STRAIN REGION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOW STRAIN REGION; MALE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VASODILATATION; VEIN DISTENSION; VEIN STIFFNESS; VENOUS PRESSURE; YOUNG MODULUS;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROFIBRILS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 84880570355     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: 16152573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-012-0245-6     Document Type: Article

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