The development of an elastomeric scaffold for small diameter blood vessel tissue engineering

In coronary artery bypass surgery the autologous saphenous vein is the most commonly used vascular graft. However, in a growing number of patients this vein is not available due to disease or availability. To date, there are no commercially available vascular grafts to replace the autologous sapheno...

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Main Author: Ilagan, Bernadette Gillian
Other Authors: Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.). Theses (Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.))
Format: Others
Language:en
en
Published: 2007
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1974/916