Biomechanical Comparison of Glutaraldehyde-Crosslinked Gelatin Fibrinogen Electrospun Scaffolds to Porcine Coronary Arteries

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Tamimi, E ^a   Ardila, D C ^a   Haskett, D G ^a   Doetschman, T ^a,b,c   Slepian, M J ^a,c,d   Kellar, R S ^e,f   Vande Geest, J P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

^e NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Northern Arizona University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMOLECULES; GRAFTS; PATIENT TREATMENT; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); STRAIN ENERGY;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CROSS-LINKED GELATINS; GLUTARALDEHYDE CROSSLINKED GELATINS; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; PORCINE CORONARY ARTERY; TISSUE ENGINEERED VASCULAR GRAFTS;

BLOOD VESSELS;

FIBRINOGEN; GELATIN; GLUTARALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRICITY; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANICS; PIG; PRESSURE; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTRICITY; FIBRINOGEN; GELATIN; GLUTARAL; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PHENOMENA; PRESSURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84947444485     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4031847     Document Type: Article

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