title: [Development of the vascular prosthesis research].
abstract: The search for a nonthrombogenic material with the potential for use in small diameter vascular graft applications continues to be a field of extensive investigation. This article describes the choice of biomaterials used as vascular prosthesis, the innovation of construction of tissue-engineered blood vessels, the indispensability, methods and the effect produced by surface modification of vascular prosthesis. The article also points out that research achievements of vascular prosthesis must be made with the exploitation of new nonthrombogenic biomaterial and the development of tissue engineering.
authors.affiliation: Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093.
authors.forename: Aiping
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shen
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D013499:Surface Properties; D023822:Tissue Engineering
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials