[HTML][HTML] Vascular Damage and Repair-Are Small-Diameter Vascular Grafts Still the “Holy Grail” of Tissue Engineering?

L Bačáková, J Chlupáč, E Filová… - Physiological …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cardiovascular diseases are the most important cause of morbidity and mortality in the
civilized world. Stenosis or occlusion of blood vessels leads not only to events that are …

Surface functionalization of electrospun scaffolds by QK-AG73 peptide for enhanced interaction with vascular endothelial cells

S Bai, J Zhang, Y Gao, X Chen, K Wang, X Yuan - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
Rapid endothelialization still remains challenging for blood-contacting biomaterials,
especially for long-term, functional, small-diameter vascular grafts. The vascular endothelial …

Deep Learning-based prediction of stress and strain maps in arterial walls for improved cardiovascular risk assessment

Y Shokrollahi, P Dong, C Zhou, X Li, L Gu - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Conducting computational stress-strain analysis using finite element methods (FEM) is a
common approach when dealing with the complex geometries of atherosclerosis, which is a …

A comparative analysis of coronary bypass implants: Experimental and fluid-structure interaction analysis

S Changizi, N Afrasiabian, A Rassoli… - Biocybernetics and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Bypass surgery is a commonly employed method for treating coronary artery diseases,
involving the use of grafts to bypass occluded arteries. However, graft occlusion remains a …

Comparison of the mechanical properties of bypass grafts: Experimental assays

A Rassoli, S Changizi, A Behrouz Jazi… - Vascular, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective One prevalent therapeutic strategy for addressing atherosclerosis is using an
alternative blood supply route to the heart, referred to as bypass surgery. In these surgeries …