As a type of elastomeric polymers, non-degradable polyurethanes (PUs) have a long history
of being used in clinics, whereas biodegradable PUs have been developed in recent …

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

Electrospinning is a unique technique, which provides forming of polymeric scaffolds for soft
tissue engineering, which include tissue scaffolds for soft tissues of the cardiovascular …

An ideal vascular substitute, especially in< 6 mm diameter applications, is a major clinical
essentiality in blood vessel replacement surgery. Blood vessels are structurally complex and …

Biodegradable vascular grafts with sufficient in vivo performance would be more
advantageous than permanent non-degradable prostheses. These constructs would be …

Vascular tissue engineering is a relevant research field aimed at elaborating and proposing
innovative solutions to overcome the drawbacks related to the use of conventional blood …

Small-diameter synthetic vascular grafts have high failure rate due to primarily surface
thrombogenicity, and effective surface chemical modification is critical to maintain the …

Considering the structural complexity of the native artery wall and the limitations of current
treatment strategies, developing a biomimetic tri-layer tissue-engineered vascular graft is a …

This paper presents a comparison and evaluation of cardiac cell proliferation on poly (l-lactic
acid)(PLLA) and polyurethane (PU) nanofibrous mats fabricated by solution blow spinning …

Conventional electrospun small diameter vascular grafts have a random fiber orientation. In
order to achieve mechanical characteristics similar to a native blood vessel, a controllable …