Artificial blood vessel: The Holy Grail of peripheral vascular surgery
Kakisis JD, Liapis CD, Breuer C, Sumpio BE. Artificial blood vessel: The Holy Grail of peripheral vascular surgery. Journal Of Vascular Surgery 2005, 41: 349-354. PMID: 15768021, DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2004.12.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVascular tissue engineeringArtificial vesselsIdeal vascular graftMechanical propertiesArtificial blood vesselsTissue engineeringBiodegradable polymersNative tissuePulsatile flowSmall intestine submucosaVascular graftsVivo environmentBioreactorVascular cellsPeripheral vascular surgeryInitial experimentsEngineeringPolymersFlow