Dacron vascular grafts

Schmidt, S.P., blunter, T.J., Sharp, W.V., Malindzak, G.S., Evancho, M.M., Endothelial cell-seeded four-millimeter Dacron vascular grafts effects of blood flow manipulation through the grafts. ]. Vase. Surg., 1984, 1(3) 434-441. 

FIGURE 44.9 (a) Photograph of a Dacron vascular graft having a bifurcated configuration. (Courtesy of W.L. Gore... 

Park, P. K., Jarrell, B. E, Williams, S. K., Carter, T. L., Rose, D. G., Martinez-Hemandez, A., and Carabasi m, R. A., Thrombus-free, human endothelial surface in the midregion of a Dacron vascular graft in the splanchnic venous circuit—Observations after nine months of implantation, /. Vase. Surg., 1990 ll(3) 468-475. 

Shi Q, Wu MH, Onuki Y, Ghali R, Hunter GC, Johansen KH, Sauvage LR. Endothelium on the flow surface of human aortic Dacron vascular grafts. J. Vase. Surg. 25 736-742,1997. 

Me-P-CD Dacron Vascular graft Ciprofloxacin Functionalization and controlled release [66]... 

San Roman J, Buj i J, Belldn JM, Gallardo A, Escudero MC, Jorge E, de Haro J, Alvarez L, Castillo-Olivares JL. Experimental study of the antithrombogenic behavior of Dacron vascular grafts coated with hydrophilic acrylic copolymers bearing salicylic acid residues. J Biomed Mater Res 1996 32 19-27. 

More recent work on compoimd vascular grafts has focused laigely on the incorporation of lactide polymers. An early report came from Ruderman s group at Walter Reed. They evaluated woven grafts composed of 24% PLLA and 76% Dacron implanted into the abdominal aorta of dogs. After 100 days, they foimd all grafts to be patent with extensive tissue ingrowth. ... 

Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) DACRON Dupont Surgical suture membrane, vascular grafts, anterior cruciate ligament prosthesis... 

G.J. Wilson, D.C. MacGregor, P. Klement, J.P. Dereume, B.A. Weber, A.G. Binnington, L. Pinchuk, The composite Corethane/ Dacron vascular prosthesis. Canine in vivo evaluation of 4 mm diameter grafts with 1 year follow-up, ASAIO Trans. 37 (3) (1991) M475-M476. 

Elastin is an elastic insoluble protein in connective tissue, with cross-linked tropoelastin as a major component. It is responsible for the contraction of skin, lung, and vascular tissues in our body [42]. The insolubility and enhanced immune response [43] of native elastin limits its biomedical application and demands new materials for tissues. The ability of elastin to maintain minimum platelet interaction makes it a suitable material for making biological coatings for synthetic vascular grafts [44,45]. Currently used synthetic vascular biomaterials like poly(ethylene tere-phthalate) (Dacron) and poly(tetrafluoroethylene) show... 

Vascular grafts are used in surgery to replace damaged thick arteries or veins 6 mm, 8 mm, or 1 cm in diameter. Commercially available vascular grafts are produced from polyester (e.g. Dacron) or PTFE (e.g. Teflon) with either woven or knitted structures... 

Noon GP, Debakey S. Debakey Dacron prvthesis andfilamentous velour graft. In Sayer PN, Kaphtt MS, editors. New York Vascular Grafts, Appleton-Century Crofts 1978. p. 177. 

PolyCethylene terephthalate) (PET), also known simply as polyester ta Dacron, is a rigid semicrys-talline polymer. It is widely used as a material for woven large-diameter vascular grafts. PET is usually considered to be stable, but it undergoes very slow bioerosion in vivo. 

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