Prosthetic vascular grafts

Wesolowski, S. A. et al.. The compound prosthetic vascular graft. A pathologic... 

Development of a drug-loaded nanofibrous material with a slow-releasing antimicrobial agent has significant potential for use in medical devices such as wound dressings, catheter cuffs, repair mesh, prosthetic vascular grafts, sewing cuffs and the artificial heart, all of which have polyester components. 

M D Phaneuf, M J Bide, W C Quist, F W LoGerfo, Merging of Biomedical and Textile Technologies in order to Create Infection-Resistant Prosthetic Vascular Grafts, in Anti-microbial/Anti-irfective Materials Principles, Applications and Devices, Sawan, S.P. and Manivannan, G. (eds), Technomic Publishing, Lancast, PA. 

TABLE 20.2 Desirable Characteristics of Prosthetic Vascular Grafts... 

Seeger, J. M., Management of patients with prosthetic vascular graft infection, Am. Surg., 2000 66(2) 166-... 

Graham LM, Vinter DW, Ford JW, Kahn RH, Burkel WE, Stanley JC. Endothelial cell seeding of prosthetic vascular grafts. Early experimental studies with cultured autologous canine endothelium. Arch. Surg. 115 929-933,... 

Incidence of prosthetic vascular graft-related infections... 

Zetrenne E, McIntosh BC, McRae MH, et al. Prosthetic vascular graft infection a multi-center review of surgical management. Yale J Biol Med September 2007 80(3) 113-21. 

Dardik, A., A. Liu, and B. J. BaUermann. 1999. Chronic in vitro shear stress stimulates endothelial cell retention on prosthetic vascular grafts and reduces subsequent in vivo neointimal thickness. / Vase Surg 29(l) 157-67. 

P. D. fUdurdson, R M. Oalletti. and R Dario, PVF, sensors for monitoring pulse and tur bulcoce in prosthetic vascular grafts, Ferrodectrics 60 175 (1984). 

P. Dario. P. D. Richardson, and P. M. Gailetti, Monitoring of prosthetic vascular grafts using piezoelectric polymer sensors. Thus. Am Soe. Art eial Intern. Organs 29 318 (1963). 

P. Dario, P, D. Richardson, M. Bertondni, D. De Roasi. L A. TrudcU. and R M. Gailetti, Prosthetic vascular graft moniioting by ultrasound using piezoelectric polymers. Dans. Am. Soc. Artificial Intern. Organs 50 645 (1984). 

Other examples of natural polypeptides in medical use are albumin and elastin. For example, crosslinked albumin gels were described as potential sealants for prosthetic vascular grafts [64], In addition, albumin-based hydrogels were tested... 

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