Electrospun vascular grafts with improved compliance matching to native vessels

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 313-323

  Nezarati, Roya M ^a   Eifert, Michelle B ^a   Dempsey, David K ^a   Cosgriff Hernandez, Elizabeth ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burst pressure; Compliance matching; Electrospinning; Microarchitecture; Microphase separation; Polyurethane; Vascular graft

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; ELECTROSPINNING; ETHYLENE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; GRAFTS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MICROPHASE SEPARATION; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; POLYURETHANES;

BIOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; BURST PRESSURES; COMPLIANCE MATCHING; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING; EXPANDED POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; MICRO ARCHITECTURES; VASCULAR GRAFTS;

GRAFTING (CHEMICAL);

CARBOTHANE; CHRONOFLEX C; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYURETHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; POLITEF;

ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD VESSEL; BLOOD VESSEL COMPLIANCE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; BLOOD VESSEL PARAMETERS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSPINNING; HYDROGEL; HYPERPLASIA; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; TENSILE STRENGTH; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING;

BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE;

EID: 84920735731     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.33201     Document Type: Article

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