title: [The use of cryopreserved arteries as arterial vascular prostheses].
abstract: The aim of the study is investigation of possibility to bypass small and medium-size arteries with cryopreserved artery allografts, storing 7-10 days at -196 degrees C under the protection of 15% dimethylsulfoxide. In experiments on 40 rabbits were placed a region of the left renal artery by cryopreserved bioprosthesis. Graft patency was 80% after observation up to 6 months. By angiography it was 8 cases of graft thrombosis (all during the 1st week after implantation) and 5 cases of moderate graft dilation (in 4 of them it was accompanied with stenosis of distal anastomosis). In 20 dogs we replaced a region of the femoral artery by cryostoring bioprosthesis. It was only one case of graft thrombosis which occurred on month 2 after the implantation during 1-year follow-up. After 3 months in 3 cases there developed 3 cases of diffuse narrowing of graft lumen without decreasing of blood flow through the prosthesis. Later, the graft lumen did not change. Histological investigations have revealed a viability of cryopreserved vessels, its almost complete de-endothelialization at 3 days and total re-endothelialization 2 weeks after implantation. During the first 2 weeks there were morphological events of graft rejection, which disappeared after 3 months.
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Kirpatovskiĭ
authors.forename: V N
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Burov
authors.forename: Iu V
authors.initials: IuV
authors.lastname: Kudriavtsev
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D015925:Cryopreservation / Q000379:methods; D004285:Dogs; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D008866:Microsurgery; D011817:Rabbits; D011859:Radiography; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
vernacular_title: Ispol'zovanie kriokonserirovannykh arteriĭ v kachestve arterial'nykh sosudistykh protezov.