Concise review: patency of small-diameter tissue-engineered vascular grafts: a meta-analysis of preclinical trials

I Skovrind, EB Harvald, H Juul Belling… - Stem cells …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Several patient groups undergoing small-diameter (< 6 mm) vessel bypass surgery have
limited autologous vessels for use as grafts. Tissue-engineered vascular grafts (TEVG) have …

Failure analysis of TEVG's I: Overcoming the initial stages of blood material interaction and stabilization of the immune response

MA Rodriguez-Soto, N Suarez Vargas, A Riveros… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Vascular grafts (VG) are medical devices intended to replace the function of a diseased
vessel. Current approaches use non-biodegradable materials that struggle to maintain …

[HTML][HTML] Riboflavin-mediated photooxidation to improve the characteristics of decellularized human arterial small diameter vascular grafts

KH Schneider, S Rohringer, B Kapeller, C Grasl… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Vascular grafts with a diameter of less than 6 mm are made from a variety of materials and
techniques to provide alternatives to autologous vascular grafts. Decellularized materials …

Design, preparation, and performance of a novel bilayer tissue‐engineered small‐diameter vascular graft

X Ran, Z Ye, M Fu, Q Wang, H Wu, S Lin… - Macromolecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In clinical practice, the need for small‐diameter vascular grafts continues to increase.
Decellularized xenografts are commonly used for vascular reconstructive procedures. Here …

Decellularization of human internal mammary artery: biomechanical properties and histopathological evaluation

AM Kajbafzadeh, R Khorramirouz… - BioResearch Open …, 2017 - liebertpub.com
This study undertook to create small-diameter vascular grafts and assess their structure and
mechanical properties to withstand arterial implantation. Twenty samples of intact human …

Impact of decellularization on porcine myocardium as scaffold for tissue engineered heart tissue

X Ye, H Wang, W Gong, S Li, H Li, Z Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2016 - Springer
Decellularized myocardium has been proposed to construct tissue engineered heart tissue,
providing the advantage of natural extracellular architecture. Various decellularization …

Investigating the relationship between residual stress and micromechanical properties of blood vessels using atomic force microscopy

Y Han, L Zhang, L Kong, G Wang… - … Research and Technique, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The magnitude of vascular residual stress, an inherent characteristic exclusive to the
vasculature, exhibits a strong correlation with vascular compliance, tensile resistance …

Photooxidation crosslinking to recover residual stress in decellularized blood vessel

J Wang, L Kong, A Gafur, X Peng, N Kristi… - Regenerative …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Decellularization method based on trypsin-digestion is widely used to construct small
diameter vascular grafts. However, this method will reduce the opening angle of the blood …

Nanofiber-reinforced myocardial tissue-construct as ventricular assist device

S Guhathakurta, S Mathapati, DK Bishi… - Asian …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives This study aimed to create a myocardial tissue construct by tissue engineering to
repair, replace, and regenerate damaged cardiac tissue. Methods and results Human …

A Thromboresistant Cell-Derived Biomaterial Modification for Vascular Grafts

NJ Kristofik - 2017 - search.proquest.com
Cardiovascular diseases are responsible for as many as 17.3 million deaths per year
worldwide. In cases where arterial bypass is necessary, the most common surgical treatment …