Small Caliber Compliant Vascular Grafts Based on Elastin-Like Recombinamers for in situ Tissue Engineering

Vascular disease is a leading cause of death worldwide, but surgical options are restricted by the limited availability of autologous vessels, and the suboptimal performance of prosthetic vascular grafts. This is especially evident for coronary artery by-pass grafts, whose small caliber is associate...

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Main Authors: Alicia Fernández-Colino, Frederic Wolf, Stephan Rütten, Thomas Schmitz-Rode, Jose Carlos Rodríguez-Cabello, Stefan Jockenhoevel, Petra Mela
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fbioe.2019.00340/full