Graft ePTFE

Key words comphance concept, compliance measurement, engineering small-diameter grafts, elastomeric threads in grafts, ePTFE grafts, criteria for compliant grafts. 

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Absorbable Sealant/Drug Carrier for Polytetrafluoroetbylene (ePTFE) Grafts... 

H. Verhagen, J. Blankensteijn, P.G. de Groot, G. Heijnen-Snyder, A. Pronk, T.M. Vroom, et al.. In vivo experiments with mesothelial cell seeded ePTFE vascular grafts, Eur. J. Vase. Endovasc. Surg. 15 (1998) 489 96. 

D.Y. Tseng, E.R. Edelman, Effects of amide and amine plasma-treated ePTFE vascular grafts on endothelial cell lining in an artificial drcidatOTy system, J. Biomed. Mater. Res. 42 (1998) 188-198. 

C. Li, A. Hill, M. Imran, In vitro and in vivo studies of ePTFE vascular grafts treated with pl5 peptide, J. Biomater. Sci. Polym. Ed. 16(2005) 875-891. 

Expanded poly(tetrafluoro ethylene) (ePTFE) CORE-TEX W.L. Core Associates, Flagstaff, USA Regenerative membrane, osteoconductive membrane, large diameter aortic, and carotid vascular grafts, tension-free repair of ventral incisional hernia orbital reconstruction, facial reconstruction, rhinoplasty... 

FIGURE 19.2 Polymeric prostheses for cardiovascular applications, (a) Design (i) and prototype (ii) of a synthetic heart valve fabricated with POSS-PCU nanocomposite polymer, (b) Schematics of an ePTFE vascular graft with heparin immobilized on the surface for anticoagulant effects. Panel (a) Adapted from Kidane et al. [67] with permission from Elsevier, copyright (2009). Panel (b) Adapted from Hoshi et al. [122] with permission from Elsevier, copyright (2013). 

M. Heise, G. Schmidmaier, I. Husmann, C. Heidenhain, J. Schmidt, P. Neuhaus, U. Settmacher, PEG-hirudin/iloprost coating of small diameter ePTFE grafts effectively prevents pseudointima and intimal hyperplasia development, Eur. J. Vase. Endovasc. Surg. 32 (2006) 418 24. 

I. Baek, C.Z. Bai, J. Hwang, J. Park, J.S. Park, D.J. Kim, Suppression of neointimal hyperplasia by sirolimus-eluting expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) haemodialysis grafts in comparison with paclitaxel-coated grafts, Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 27 (2012) 1997-2004. 

R.A. Hoshi, R. Van Lith, M.C Jen, J.B. Allen, K.A. Lapidos, G. Ameer, The blood and vascular cell compatibility of heparin-modified ePTFE vascular grafts, Biomaterials 34 (2013) 30-41. 

However, in most situations, endotension corresponds to an accumulation of yellowish fluid (seroma) [16]. Endotension is more conunon with ePTFE grafts due to ultra-fQtration through graft pores. 

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