The use of animal models in develo** the discipline of cardiovascular tissue engineering: a review

ST Rashid, HJ Salacinski, G Hamilton, AM Seifalian - Biomaterials, 2004 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular disease remains one of the major causes of death and disability in the
Western world. Tissue engineering offers the prospect of being able to meet the demand for …

Long-term in vivo alterations of polyester vascular grafts in humans

G Riepe, J Loos, H Imig, A Schröder… - European Journal of …, 1997 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES:: To examine the influence of in vivo hydrolysis on the physical properties of
polyester grafts and their correlation to the period of implantation in the human body …

Intrinsic structural failure of polyester (Dacron) vascular grafts. A general review

HV Damme, M Deprez, E Creemers… - Acta chirurgica …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
Intrinsic structural failure of Dacron prostheses is a late exceptional complication, resulting
from a loss of structural integrity of the graft. The authors report six cases of non-anastomotic …

Flexible, elastic and tear-resistant networks prepared by photo-crosslinking poly (trimethylene carbonate) macromers

S Schüller-Ravoo, J Feijen, DW Grijpma - Acta biomaterialia, 2012 - Elsevier
Poly (trimethylene carbonate)(PTMC) macromers with molecular weights (Mn) between
1000 and 41,000 gmol− 1 were prepared by ring opening polymerization and subsequent …

Postoperative dilation of knitted Dacron aortic bifurcation graft

DB Nunn, MM Carter, MT Donohue… - Journal of vascular …, 1990 - Elsevier
Dilation is the most common inherent “failure mode” of knitted Dacron aortic prostheses.
However, the incidence of graft failure related to dilation is unknown because of insufficient …