Blood Vessel Prosthesis

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • "Pseudoendoleak"--residual intrasaccular contrast after endovascular stent-graft repair. 
  • "Real world" thoracic endografting: results with the Gore TAG device 2 years after U.S. FDA approval. 
  • A canine model to study the significance and hemodynamics of type II endoleaks. 
  • A comparison between the HeRO graft and conventional arteriovenous grafts in hemodialysis patients. 
  • A comparison of tibial artery bypass performed with heparin-bonded expanded polytetrafluoroethylene and great saphenous vein to treat critical limb ischemia. 
  • A compliant biological vascular prosthesis. 
  • A hybrid approach using a composite endovascular and open graft procedure for a symptomatic common femoral aneurysm extending well above the inguinal ligament. 
  • A new wave in treatment of vascular occlusive disease: biodegradable stents--clinical experience and scientific principles. 
  • A preliminary study of the fixation mechanism of collagen reaction with a polyepoxy fixative. 
  • A silent but lethal injury associated with facial trauma. 
  • Accessory veins in nonmaturing autogenous arteriovenous fistulae: analysis of anatomic features and impact on fistula maturation. 
  • Acute ascending aortic dissection. 
  • Acute thrombosis of a composite ascending aortic conduit containing a Bjork-Shiley valve during pregnancy: successful emergency cesarean section and operative repair. 
  • Adjuvant therapy for intracoronary stents. Investigations in atherosclerotic swine. 
  • An early study on the mechanisms that allow tissue-engineered vascular grafts to resist intimal hyperplasia. 
  • An expanded series of distal bypass using the distal vein patch technique to improve prosthetic graft performance in critical limb ischemia. 
  • An experimental model of pulmonary embolism. 
  • An in vitro study of pulsatile fluid dynamics in intracranial aneurysm models treated with embolic coils and flow diverters. 
  • Aneurysmal ascending to descending aorta bypass graft compressing the pulmonary artery. 
  • Antibodies to prothrombin, factor V, and beta2-glycoprotein I and vascular access thrombosis. 
  • Aortic remodeling in type B aortic dissection: effects of endovascular stent-graft repair and medical treatment on true and false lumen volumes. 
  • Aortoesophageal fistula after thoracic aortic stent-graft placement: a rare but catastrophic complication of a novel emerging technique. 
  • Are type II endoleaks after endovascular aneurysm repair endograft dependent? 
  • Arterial shunting as an adjunct to major limb revascularization. 
  • Assessments of thrombogenicity by three in vitro techniques. Student Research Award in the Undergraduate, Master Candidate, or Health Science Degree Candidate Category, 21st annual meeting of the Society for Biomaterials, San Francisco, CA, March 18-22, 1995. 
  • Axillary grafts for difficult hemodialysis access. 
  • Bacterial endocarditis in hemodialysis patients. 
  • Bioengineered hemodialysis access grafts. 
  • Bioengineered human acellular vessels for dialysis access in patients with end-stage renal disease: two phase 2 single-arm trials. 
  • Biomechanical effects of flow and coculture on human aortic and cord blood-derived endothelial cells. 
  • Brachial artery reconstruction using the heparin-bonded Sundt shunt. 
  • Clinical review: irradiation for lower extremity arterial occlusive disease. 
  • Coagulation-induced resistance to fluid flow in small-diameter vascular grafts and graft mimics measured by purging pressure. 
  • Color Doppler imaging of cardiac catheters using vibrating motors. 
  • Comparison among different high porosity stent configurations: hemodynamic effects of treatment in a large cerebral aneurysm. 
  • Comparison of attachment site endoleak rates in Dacron versus native aorta landing zones after thoracic endovascular aortic repair. 
  • Comparison of medical and surgical therapy for uncomplicated descending aortic dissection. 
  • Creation of an Extraluminal Arterial Bypass Graft Using a Commercially Available Self-Expanding Stent Graft: Feasibility Study in a Porcine Model. 
  • Current Experience and Midterm Follow-up of Immediate-Access Arteriovenous Grafts. 
  • Current management of aortic arch lesions with hybrid procedures: a tailored approach to a progressive disease. 
  • Decellularized tissue-engineered blood vessel as an arterial conduit. 
  • Decreased thrombogenicity of vascular prostheses following gas denucleation by hydrostatic pressure. 
  • Delayed stenosis following placement of a polyethylene terephthalate endograft in the cervical carotid artery. Report of three cases. 
  • Detection of broken sutures and metal-ring fractures in AneuRx stent-grafts by using three-dimensional CT angiography after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: association with late endoleak development and device migration. 
  • Detection of endograft fractures with multidetector row computed tomography. 
  • Development and evaluation of a pliable biological valved conduit. Part I: Preparation, biochemical properties, and histological findings. 
  • Development of a YIGSR-peptide-modified polyurethaneurea to enhance endothelialization. 
  • Differential mechanisms of failure of autogenous and non-autogenous bypass conduits: an assessment following successful graft thrombolysis. 
  • Discriminant analysis of native thoracic aortic curvature: risk prediction for endoleak formation after thoracic endovascular aortic repair. 
  • Dynamic internal compliance of a vascular prosthesis. 
  • Early infection risk with primary versus staged Hemodialysis Reliable Outflow (HeRO) graft implantation. 
  • Endovascular Repair of Blunt Thoracic Aortic Trauma: Is Postimplant Hypertension an Incidental Finding? 
  • Endovascular Treatment of a Traumatic Thoracic Aortic Injury in an Eight-Year Old Patient: Case Report and Review of Literature. 
  • Endovascular approaches to complex thoracic aortic disease. 
  • Endovascular repair will be the best option for thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm in 2020. 
  • Endovascular stent grafting of a left ventricular assist device outflow graft pseudoaneurysm. 
  • Endovascular treatment of thoracic aortic aneurysms: results of the phase II multicenter trial of the GORE TAG thoracic endoprosthesis. 
  • Enhanced, rapid occlusion of carotid and vertebral arteries using the AMPLATZER Vascular Plug II device: the Duke Cerebrovascular Center experience in 8 patients with 22 AMPLATZER Vascular Plug II devices. 
  • Evaluation and treatment of patients with lower extremity peripheral artery disease: consensus definitions from Peripheral Academic Research Consortium (PARC). 
  • Evaluation of a polyepoxy compound fixed biological vascular prosthesis and an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene vascular graft. 
  • Evaluation of collagen modification and surface properties of a bovine artery via polyepoxy compound fixation. 
  • Evaluation of the grafted ascending aorta with computed tomography. Complications caused by suture dehiscence. 
  • Evaluation of the thrombogenecity of microvascular prosthesis by in vivo microscopy. 
  • Femoral-infrapopliteal bypass with prosthetic grafts. 
  • Fenestrated and branched endografts for the treatment of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms: a systematic review. 
  • Five-year results of endovascular treatment with the Gore TAG device compared with open repair of thoracic aortic aneurysms. 
  • Flow diversion versus traditional aneurysm embolization strategies: analysis of fluoroscopy and procedure times. 
  • Flow diverter effect on cerebral aneurysm hemodynamics: an in vitro comparison of telescoping stents and the Pipeline. 
  • Forearm versus upper arm grafts for vascular access. 
  • Functional abnormalities of experimental autogenous vein graft neoendothelium. 
  • Gadolinium-enhanced CT angiography of endovascular stent-grafts. 
  • Gene therapy for the prevention of vein graft disease. 
  • Genetic manipulation of vein grafts. 
  • Hemodialysis Reliable Outflow graft radiopaque tip detachment and embolization during implantation. 
  • Heparin bonding increases patency of long microvascular prostheses. 
  • Heparin coating of vascular prostheses reduces thromboemboli. 
  • Heparin-coated shunts for lesions of the descending thoracic aorta. Experimental and clinical observations. 
  • Human umbilical cord blood-derived endothelial cells reendothelialize vein grafts and prevent thrombosis. 
  • Hybrid procedures in the treatment of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms: a systematic review. 
  • Hybrid thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair: concomitant visceral revascularization and endovascular aneurysm exclusion. 
  • Hydrogels with precisely controlled integrin activation dictate vascular patterning and permeability 
  • Hydrostatic pressure reduces thrombogenicity of polytetrafluoroethylene vascular grafts. 
  • Iloprost in alginate decreases the thrombogenicity of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene. 
  • Impact of Retrograde Arch Extension in Acute Type B Aortic Dissection on Management and Outcomes. 
  • Impact of quantitatively determined native thoracic aortic tortuosity on endoleak development after thoracic endovascular aortic repair. 
  • Implementation of vascularized composite allografts in the United States: recommendations from the ASTS VCA Ad Hoc Committee and the Executive Committee. 
  • Improving endothelial cell adhesion to vascular graft surfaces: clinical need and strategies. 
  • In situ reconstruction with cryopreserved arterial allografts for management of mycotic aneurysms or aortic prosthetic graft infections: a multi-institutional experience. 
  • Incomplete endograft apposition to the aortic arch: bird-beak configuration increases risk of endoleak formation after thoracic endovascular aortic repair. 
  • Influence of stent configuration on cerebral aneurysm fluid dynamics. 
  • Initial experience and outcome of a new hemodialysis access device for catheter-dependent patients. 
  • Integrative biomechanics: a paradigm for clinical applications of fundamental mechanics. 
  • Interposition mesocaval H shunt associated with a left inferior vena cava. 
  • Is neck dilatation after endovascular aneurysm repair graft dependent? Results of 4 US Phase II trials. 
  • Is packing density important in stent-assisted coiling? 
  • Ischemic nephropathy and concomitant aortic disease: a ten-year experience. 
  • Long-term results of endovascular repair for descending thoracic aortic aneurysms. 
  • Longitudinal results after first-stage palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome. 
  • MDCT angiography of thoracic aorta endovascular stent-grafts: pearls and pitfalls. 
  • Magnetic resonance imaging versus multislice computed tomography of thoracic aortic endografts. 
  • Management and long-term outcome of aortic dissection. 
  • Management of abdominal aortic graft complications. 
  • Management of severe musculoskeletal injuries of the upper extremity. 
  • Mechanical versus chemical thrombolysis: an in vitro differentiation of thrombolytic mechanisms. 
  • Mediastinal perigraft seroma: CT and MR imaging. 
  • Midabdominal aortic coarctation presenting with severe pre-eclampsia. 
  • Midterm results with thoracic endovascular aortic repair for chronic type B aortic dissection with associated aneurysm. 
  • Multi-center experience of 164 consecutive Hemodialysis Reliable Outflow [HeRO] graft implants for hemodialysis treatment. 
  • Multicenter pivotal trial results of the Lifepath System for endovascular aortic aneurysm repair. 
  • Mylar and Teflon-AF as cell culture substrates for studying endothelial cell adhesion. 
  • Nature and significance of endoleaks and endotension: summary of opinions expressed at an international conference. 
  • New fabrication techniques for ring-array transducers for real-time 3D intravascular ultrasound. 
  • Nitric oxide-releasing polyurethane-PEG copolymer containing the YIGSR peptide promotes endothelialization with decreased platelet adhesion. 
  • Novel approaches to clinical trials: device-related infections. 
  • Nuclide imaging of vascular graft-platelet interactions: comparison of indium excess and technetium subtraction techniques. 
  • One-year outcomes from the international multicenter study of the Zenith Alpha Thoracic Endovascular Graft for thoracic endovascular repair. 
  • Operative and perioperative management of infected arteriovenous grafts. 
  • Outcome of the pivotal study of the Aptus endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysms repair system. 
  • Outcomes of prosthetic hemodialysis grafts after deployment of bare metal versus covered stents at the venous anastomosis. 
  • Outcomes of repair of common arterial trunk with truncal valve surgery: a review of the society of thoracic surgeons congenital heart surgery database. 
  • Pan-aortic hybrid treatment of mega-aorta syndrome. 
  • Paradoxical embolus following percutaneous thrombectomy of hemodialysis reliable outflow graft. 
  • Patency and blood flow in gas denucleated arterial prostheses. 
  • Patient-derived endothelial progenitor cells improve vascular graft patency in a rodent model. 
  • Percutaneous interventions on the hemodialysis reliable outflow vascular access device. 
  • Pericardial cells for graft seeding: isolation, culture and identification. 
  • Peroneal artery bypass: a multifactorial analysis. 
  • Physiologic pulsatile flow bioreactor conditioning of poly(ethylene glycol)-based tissue engineered vascular grafts. 
  • Plasminogen acceleration of urokinase thrombolysis. 
  • Platelet reactivity in human aortic grafts: a prospective, randomized midterm study of platelet adherence and release products in Dacron and polytetrafluoroethylene conduits. 
  • Popliteal artery aneurysms: a 25-year surgical experience. 
  • Postoperative hemodynamics in children with polytetrafluoroethylene shunts. 
  • Prediction of aortoiliac stent-graft length: comparison of measurement methods. 
  • Predictive value of access blood flow and stenosis in detection of graft failure. 
  • Predictors and sequelae of distal embolization during saphenous vein graft intervention from the CAVEAT-II trial. Coronary Angioplasty Versus Excisional Atherectomy Trial. 
  • Predictors of morbidity and mortality with endovascular and open thoracic aneurysm repair. 
  • Prevention of venous thrombosis in microvascular surgery by transmural release of heparin from a polyanhydride polymer. 
  • Quantification of gas denucleation and thrombogenicity of vascular grafts. 
  • Quantification of in vitro endothelial cell adhesion to vascular graft material. 
  • Quantitative effects of coil packing density on cerebral aneurysm fluid dynamics: an in vitro steady flow study. 
  • Readily available tissue-engineered vascular grafts. 
  • Reconstruction of rat femoral veins with microvascular prostheses. 
  • Reducing the risk of hemodialysis access. 
  • Reduction of vascular intimal-medial hyperplasia in polytetrafluoroethylene arteriovenous grafts via expression of an inhibitor of G protein signaling. 
  • Registry Assessment of Peripheral Interventional Devices (RAPID): Registry assessment of peripheral interventional devices core data elements. 
  • Report on the Hemodialysis Reliable Outflow (HeRO) experience in dialysis patients with central venous occlusions. 
  • Retrieval of iatrogenic intravascular foreign bodies. 
  • Retrograde ascending aortic dissection as an early complication of thoracic endovascular aortic repair. 
  • Revascularization of the solitary kidney: a challenging problem in a high risk population. 
  • Risk of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia from heparin-bonded vascular prostheses. 
  • Rotational muscle flap closure for acute groin wound infections following vascular surgery. 
  • Saphenous vein grafts with multiple versus single distal targets in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery: one-year graft failure and five-year outcomes from the Project of Ex-Vivo Vein Graft Engineering via Transfection (PREVENT) IV trial. 
  • Scaffold-free, Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Based Tissue Engineered Blood Vessels. 
  • Selecting stent grafts for the endovascular treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysms. 
  • Spontaneous retrocarpal radial artery thrombosis: a report of two cases. 
  • Stacked proximal aortic cuffs: an "off-the-shelf" solution for treating focal thoracic aortic pathology. 
  • Stenoses in dialysis fistulas: treatment with percutaneous angioplasty. 
  • Stent-assisted coiling of wide-necked aneurysms in the setting of acute subarachnoid hemorrhage: experience in 65 patients. 
  • Subclavian vein to right atrial appendage bypass without sternotomy to maintain arteriovenous access in patients with complete central vein occlusion, a new approach. 
  • Surgical excision of infected arteriovenous grafts: technique and review. 
  • Surgical repair of type A aortic dissection by the circulatory arrest-graft inclusion technique in sixty-six patients. 
  • Surgical trainee participation during infrainguinal bypass grafting procedures is associated with increased early postoperative graft failure. 
  • Surgical treatment of acute ascending aortic dissection. 
  • Surgical treatment of mycotic aneurysm associated with coarctation of the aorta. 
  • Susceptibility of ePTFE vascular grafts and bioengineered human acellular vessels to infection. 
  • Technique of aortic root reconstruction using a new model of Dacron graft with prefabricated coronary branches. 
  • The Blalock-Taussig shunt: an analysis of trends and techniques in the fourth decade. 
  • The Pipeline Embolization Device: learning curve and predictors of complications and aneurysm obliteration. 
  • The Potential Role of Graphene in Developing the Next Generation of Endomaterials. 
  • The case against chronic venous hemodialysis access. 
  • The effect of interstitial air on the in vitro thrombogenicity of ePTFE vascular grafts. 
  • The evolution of care improves outcome in blunt thoracic aortic injury: A Western Trauma Association multicenter study. 
  • The results of radial and ulnar arterial repair in the forearm. Experience in three medical centers. 
  • The use of prosthetic grafts in complex military vascular trauma: a limb salvage strategy for patients with severely limited autologous conduit. 
  • Thoracic endovascular aortic repair for chronic DeBakey IIIb aortic dissection. 
  • Thrombosed polytetrafluoroethylene hemodialysis fistulas: salvage with combined thrombectomy and angioplasty. 
  • Tissue engineered small-diameter vascular grafts. 
  • Tissue engineered vascular grafts: Origins, development, and current strategies for clinical application. 
  • Tissue-engineered blood vessels as promising tools for testing drug toxicity. 
  • Tissue-engineered vascular grafts: autologous off-the-shelf vascular access? 
  • Total aortic replacement in Loeys-Dietz syndrome. 
  • Total pulmonary artery occlusion immediately after lung transplantation: successful revascularization with intravascular stents. 
  • Transluminal angioplasty of venous stenoses in polytetrafluoroethylene vascular access grafts. 
  • Treatment of complex intracranial aneurysms with a telescoping stent technique. 
  • Treatment of established prosthetic vascular graft infection with antibiotics preferentially concentrated in leukocytes. 
  • Type-II endoleaks following endovascular AAA repair: preoperative predictors and long-term effects. 
  • Unconstrained recovery characterization of shape-memory polymer networks for cardiovascular applications. 
  • Use of autologous blood-derived endothelial progenitor cells at point-of-care to protect against implant thrombosis in a large animal model. 
  • Use of custom Dacron branch grafts for "hybrid" aortic debranching during endovascular repair of thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms. 
  • Utility of remote wireless pressure sensing for endovascular leak detection after endovascular thoracic aneurysm repair. 
  • Value of concomitant sympathectomy in aortoiliac reconstruction. Results of a prospective, randomized study. 
  • Vascular endothelial growth factor and dexamethasone release from nonfouling sensor coatings affect the foreign body response. 
  • [An Experimental Set-Up for Navigated-Contrast-Agent and Radiation Sparing Endovascular Aortic Repair (Nav-CARS EVAR)]. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Alexander, John Hunter Peel, Professor of Medicine, Medicine, Cardiology
  • Bishawi, Muath, House Staff, Biomedical Engineering
  • Milano, Carmelo Alessio, Professor of Surgery, Surgery, Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery