Tissue engineering of small-diameter vascular grafts: A literature review

Issue title: Selected Proceedings of the 16th Conference of the European Society for Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation (ESCHM), 18–21 June, 2011, Munich, Germany

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Song, Y. | Feijen, J. | Grijpma, D.W. | Poot, A.A.

Affiliations: Departments of Polymer Chemistry and Biomaterials, MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands | Departments of Biomaterials Science and Technology, MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

Note: [] Corresponding author: A.A. Poot, Biomaterials Science and Technology, MIRA Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine, University of Twente, PO Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands. E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract: For the treatment of cardiovascular disease, functional arterial blood vessel prostheses with an inner diameter less than 6 mm are needed. This article gives an overview of the preparation of such vascular grafts by means of tissue engineering.

Keywords: Vascular graft, tissue engineering

DOI: 10.3233/CH-2011-1486

Journal: Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation, vol. 49, no. 1-4, pp. 357-374, 2011