The tissue-engineered vascular graft—past, present, and future

S Pashneh-Tala, S MacNeil… - Tissue Engineering Part B …, 2016 - liebertpub.com
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, with this trend predicted to
continue for the foreseeable future. Common disorders are associated with the stenosis or …

Current strategies for the manufacture of small size tissue engineering vascular grafts

M Carrabba, P Madeddu - Frontiers in bioengineering and …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Occlusive arterial disease, including coronary heart disease (CHD) and peripheral arterial
disease (PAD), is the main cause of death, with an annual mortality incidence predicted to …

Future perspectives in small-diameter vascular graft engineering

P Mallis, A Kostakis, C Stavropoulos-Giokas… - Bioengineering, 2020 - mdpi.com
The increased demands of small-diameter vascular grafts (SDVGs) globally has forced the
scientific society to explore alternative strategies utilizing the tissue engineering …

Substrates for cardiovascular tissue engineering

CVC Bouten, PYW Dankers, A Driessen-Mol… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2011 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular tissue engineering aims to find solutions for the suboptimal regeneration of
heart valves, arteries and myocardium by creating 'living'tissue replacements outside (in …

Considerations in the development of small-diameter vascular graft as an alternative for bypass and reconstructive surgeries: a review

FO Obiweluozor, GA Emechebe, DW Kim… - Cardiovascular …, 2020 - Springer
Background Current design strategies for small diameter vascular grafts (< 6 mm internal
diameter; ID) are focused on mimicking native vascular tissue because the commercially …

Heterotypic scaffold design orchestrates primary cell organization and phenotypes in cocultured small diameter vascular grafts

T Jungst, I Pennings, M Schmitz… - Advanced functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
To facilitate true regeneration, a vascular graft should direct the evolution of a neovessel to
obtain the function of a native vessel. For this, scaffolds have to permit the formation of an …

Surface modification and endothelialization of polyurethane for vascular tissue engineering applications: a review

I Adipurnama, MC Yang, T Ciach… - Biomaterials …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Cardiovascular implants, especially vascular grafts made of synthetic polymers, find wide
clinical applications in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. However, cases of failure …

Vascular tissue engineering: recent advances in small diameter blood vessel regeneration

V Catto, S Farè, G Freddi… - International Scholarly …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of mortality around the globe. The
development of a functional and appropriate substitute for small diameter blood vessel …

Complicity of degradable polymers in health-care applications

S Anju, N Prajitha, VS Sukanya, PV Mohanan - Materials Today Chemistry, 2020 - Elsevier
Polymeric biomaterials have revolutionized biomedical technology and related fields as
biomaterials for health-care applications. Recent trend in polymeric medical technology has …

Small Caliber Compliant Vascular Grafts Based on Elastin-Like Recombinamers for in situ Tissue Engineering

A Fernández-Colino, F Wolf, S Rütten… - … in bioengineering and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Vascular disease is a leading cause of death worldwide, but surgical options are restricted
by the limited availability of autologous vessels, and the suboptimal performance of …