Enhanced intimal thickening of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene grafts coated with fibrin or fibrin-releasing vascular endothelial growth factor in the pig carotid artery interposition model
Authors:
- Beat H. WalpothBWBeat H. Walpoth
- Prisca ZammarettiPZPrisca Zammaretti
- Mustafa CikirikciogluMCMustafa Cikirikcioglu
- Ebrahim KhabiriEKEbrahim Khabiri
- M. Karim DjebailiMDM. Karim Djebaili
- Jean-Claude PacheJPJean-Claude Pache
- Jean-Christophe TilleJTJean-Christophe Tille
- Yacine AggounYAYacine Aggoun
- Denis MorelDMDenis Morel
- Afksendiyos KalangosAKAfksendiyos Kalangos
- Jeffrey A. HubbellJHJeffrey A. Hubbell
- Andreas H. ZischAZAndreas H. Zisch
- 1 May 2007
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
- Vol. 133 (5) , 1163-1170
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