The effect of glutaraldehyde-tanning on the elasticity of the human saphenous vein.
The elasticity of eighty-one vessel samples was evaluated by a tensile strength test. Twenty of these were untreated veins, 24 glutaraldehyde-pre-treated veins, 16 pre-treated implanted veins and 21 untreated arteries. The artery was the most elastic vessel. Glutaraldehyde-pre-treatment diminished the elasticity of veins, but added tensile strength. Insertion of glutaraldehyde-pre-treated human veins into carotid arteries of dogs did not alter the elastic properties of these grafts.
D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D004548:Elasticity; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000187:drug effects / Q000637:transplantation; D005976:Glutaral / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000637:transplantation; D013718:Tensile Strength / Q000187:drug effects; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous
D005976:Glutaral