Cerebral revascularization for ischemia, aneurysms, and cranial base tumors

LN Sekhar, SK Natarajan, RG Ellenbogen… - Neurosurgery, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Abstract THIS ARTICLE EXTENSIVELY reviews the history, indications for bypass, choice of
grafts, techniques, complications, and results after cerebral revascularization. The current …

Vein graft adaptation and fistula maturation in the arterial environment

DY Lu, EY Chen, DJ Wong, K Yamamoto… - journal of surgical …, 2014 - Elsevier
Veins are exposed to the arterial environment during two common surgical procedures,
creation of vein grafts and arteriovenous fistulae (AVF). In both cases, veins adapt to the …

[HTML][HTML] Factors affecting saphenous vein graft patency: clinical and angiographic study in 1402 symptomatic patients operated on between 1977 and 1999

PJ Shah, I Gordon, J Fuller, S Seevanayagam… - The Journal of Thoracic …, 2003 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to find the preoperative and intraoperative
factors that affect vein graft patency. METHODS: A total of 3715 graft angiograms in 1607 …

A nitric oxide releasing, self assembled peptide amphiphile matrix that mimics native endothelium for coating implantable cardiovascular devices

M Kushwaha, JM Anderson, CA Bosworth, A Andukuri… - Biomaterials, 2010 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in the United States. Deployment
of stents and vascular grafts has been a major therapeutic method for treatment. However …

[HTML][HTML] Retaining perivascular tissue of human saphenous vein grafts protects against surgical and distension-induced damage and preserves endothelial nitric …

MR Dashwood, K Savage, JCS Tsui, A Dooley… - The Journal of Thoracic …, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Conventional harvesting of saphenous vein used for coronary artery bypass
surgery induces a vasospasm that is overcome by high-pressure distension. Saphenous …

A hybrid biomimetic nanomatrix composed of electrospun polycaprolactone and bioactive peptide amphiphiles for cardiovascular implants

A Andukuri, M Kushwaha, A Tambralli, JM Anderson… - Acta biomaterialia, 2011 - Elsevier
Current cardiovascular therapies are limited by the loss of endothelium, restenosis and
thrombosis. The goal of this study was to develop a biomimetic hybrid nanomatrix that …

Collagen type IV‐specific tripeptides for selective adhesion of endothelial and smooth muscle cells

K Kanie, Y Narita, Y Zhao, F Kuwabara… - Biotechnology and …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Controlling the balance of endothelial cells (ECs) and smooth muscle cells (SMCs) in blood
vessels is critically important to minimize the risk associated with vascular implants …

Porcine small diameter arterial extracellular matrix supports endothelium formation and media remodeling forming a promising vascular engineered biograft

N Dahan, G Zarbiv, U Sarig, T Karram… - … Engineering Part A, 2012 - liebertpub.com
Patients with small caliber artery disorders, often lack the suitable autologous tissue needed
for bypassing diseased vessels or for other vascular reconstructive procedures. We propose …

Biomechanical considerations in the design of graft: the homeostasis hypothesis

GS Kassab, JA Navia - Annu. Rev. Biomed. Eng., 2006 - annualreviews.org
Since its inception in the 1960s, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) evolved as one of the
most common, best documented, and most effective of all major surgical treatments for …

Downregulation of miR-223 and miR-153 mediates mechanical stretch-stimulated proliferation of venous smooth muscle cells via activation of the insulin-like growth …

L Song, P Duan, P Guo, D Li, S Li, Y Xu… - Archives of biochemistry …, 2012 - Elsevier
Autologous venous grafts, used to circumvent occluded coronary arteries during coronary
artery bypass, often develop thrombosis and neointimal hyperplasia. During neointimal …