Vascular occlusion remains the leading cause of death in Western countries, despite
advances made in balloon angioplasty and conventional surgical intervention. Vascular …

Vascular tissue engineering has made prodigious progress in recent years by converging
multidisciplinary approaches. Latest technological advancements foster the development of …

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of mortality in the USA. The limited availability
of healthy autologous vessels for bypass grafting procedures has led to the fabrication of …

OBJECTIVE: Conventional harvesting of the saphenous vein in coronary artery bypass
surgery produces vessel damage that contributes to graft failure. A novel “no touch” …

Background—Graft patency is a fundamental predictor of long-term survival after coronary
artery bypass surgery. Left and right internal thoracic artery (arterial) graft patency has been …

A composite chitosan-gelatin macroporous hydrogel-based scaffold with bi-layered tubular
architecture was engineered by solvent casting-co-particulate leaching. The scaffold …

Although vascular bypass grafting remains the mainstay for revascularization for ischemic
heart disease and peripheral vascular disease, many patients do not have healthy vessels …

Emulsion electrospinning is a convenient and promising method for incorporating proteins
and drugs into nanofiber scaffolds. The aim of this study was to fabricate a nanofiber scaffold …

BACKGROUND: To avoid late vein graft atheroma and failure, we have used arterial grafts
extensively in coronary operations. The radial artery (RA) is the conduit of second choice …

BACKGROUND: The Radial Artery Patency and Clinical Outcomes (RAPCO) study has
enrolled patients into two trials to compare the radial artery with the free right internal …