title: Pyrolytic carbon-coated Dacron grafts.
abstract: A new pyrolytic carbon surface (ULTI) was tested on a loosely knitted dacron substrate in dogs. Patency was 97.5% as compared with a control of 33%. Physical properties of the dacron were not altered by the ULTI carbon deposition process. This modified pyrolytic carbon on a dacron substrate is a very promising vascular biomaterial for small vessel replacement.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D002244:Carbon; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D004285:Dogs; D008422:Materials Testing; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates
chemical_list: D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; C009139:pyrolytic carbon; D002244:Carbon