Isolating and optimising transmural endothelialization as an independent mode of spontaneous vascular graft healing

Includes bibliographical references. === Background: Poorly designed animal models with short, non-isolated grafts have led researchers to exclusively investigate transanastomotic endothelialization(TAE), which is known to be limited to the perianastomotic region in humans. Alternative spontaneous f...

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Main Author: Pennel, Timothy Charles
Other Authors: Bezuidenhout, Deon
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9522