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Bioengineered Three-Layered Robust and Elastic Artery Using Hemodynamically-Equivalent Pulsatile Bioreactor
Author(s) -
Kiyotaka Iwasaki,
Koji Kojima,
Shohta Kodama,
Ana C. Paz,
Melody Chambers,
Mitsuo Umezu,
Charles A. Vacanti
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.107.757369
Subject(s) - pulsatile flow , elastin , tissue engineering , biomedical engineering , lumen (anatomy) , bioreactor , internal elastic lamina , artery , medicine , biofabrication , anatomy , pathology , surgery , chemistry , organic chemistry
There is an essential demand for tissue engineered autologous small-diameter vascular graft, which can function in arterial high pressure and flow circulation. We investigated the potential to engineer a three-layered robust and elastic artery using a novel hemodynamically-equivalent pulsatile bioreactor.

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