Tissue engineering of small-diameter vascular grafts: a literature review.
For the treatment of cardiovascular disease, functional arterial blood vessel prostheses with an inner diameter less than 6 mm are needed. This article gives an overview of the preparation of such vascular grafts by means of tissue engineering.
Departments of Polymer Chemistry and Biomaterials, MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands.
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D020341:Absorbable Implants; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D000818:Animals; D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000601:surgery; D019149:Bioreactors; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003094:Collagen; D004549:Elastin; D005109:Extracellular Matrix; D006801:Humans; D020007:Implants, Experimental; D008422:Materials Testing; D011108:Polymers; D011673:Pulsatile Flow; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods; D054457:Tissue Scaffolds
D011108:Polymers; D003094:Collagen; D004549:Elastin