Polytetrafluoroethylene

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • "Real world" thoracic endografting: results with the Gore TAG device 2 years after U.S. FDA approval. 
  • A comparison of tibial artery bypass performed with heparin-bonded expanded polytetrafluoroethylene and great saphenous vein to treat critical limb ischemia. 
  • A probe for specimen magnetic resonance microscopy. 
  • A quantitative evaluation of inflammatory cells in human temporomandibular joint tissues from patients with and without implants. 
  • Aneurysm of an aberrant right subclavian artery: treatment with PTFE covered stentgraft. 
  • Antibodies to prothrombin, factor V, and beta2-glycoprotein I and vascular access thrombosis. 
  • Arterial reconstructions for chronic lower extremity ischemia in preadolescent and adolescent children. 
  • 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. 
  • Bacterial endocarditis in hemodialysis patients. 
  • Bioengineered human acellular vessels for dialysis access in patients with end-stage renal disease: two phase 2 single-arm trials. 
  • Coagulation-induced resistance to fluid flow in small-diameter vascular grafts and graft mimics measured by purging pressure. 
  • Coaxial Stent Graft inside a Constraining Stent for Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt Reduction. 
  • Comparative studies of prosthetic materials in the left atrium of the dog. 
  • Cryptococcal infection of a prosthetic dialysis fistula. 
  • Decreased thrombogenicity of vascular prostheses following gas denucleation by hydrostatic pressure. 
  • Dynamic seeding of perfusing human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) onto dual-function cell adhesion ligands: Arg-Gly-Asp (RGD)-streptavidin and biotinylated fibronectin. 
  • Editorial comment on: The role of endoscopic treatment in the management of grade V primary vesicoureteral reflux. 
  • Evaluation of a polyepoxy compound fixed biological vascular prosthesis and an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene vascular graft. 
  • Evaluation of the thrombogenecity of microvascular prosthesis by in vivo microscopy. 
  • Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene membrane alters tissue response to implanted Ahmed glaucoma valve. 
  • Femoral-infrapopliteal bypass with prosthetic grafts. 
  • Heparin bonding increases patency of long microvascular prostheses. 
  • Heparin coating of vascular prostheses reduces thromboemboli. 
  • Hydrostatic pressure reduces thrombogenicity of polytetrafluoroethylene vascular grafts. 
  • Iloprost in alginate decreases the thrombogenicity of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene. 
  • Impact of anticoagulation/antiplatelet therapy on femoropopliteal bypass graft outcomes. 
  • Improving endothelial cell adhesion to vascular graft surfaces: clinical need and strategies. 
  • In vitro fluid dynamics of the Ahmed glaucoma valve modified with expanded polytetrafluoroethylene. 
  • In vivo performance of dual ligand augmented endothelialized expanded polytetrafluoroethylene vascular grafts. 
  • Initial experience and outcome of a new hemodialysis access device for catheter-dependent patients. 
  • Late conduit occlusion after modified Fontan procedure with classic Glenn shunt. 
  • Mechanical versus chemical thrombolysis: an in vitro differentiation of thrombolytic mechanisms. 
  • Mediastinal perigraft seroma: CT and MR imaging. 
  • Mylar and Teflon-AF as cell culture substrates for studying endothelial cell adhesion. 
  • Neuronal cell attachment to fluorinated ethylene propylene films with covalently immobilized laminin oligopeptides YIGSR and IKVAV. II. 
  • Patency and blood flow in gas denucleated arterial prostheses. 
  • Polyimides as biomaterials: preliminary biocompatibility testing. 
  • Predictive value of access blood flow and stenosis in detection of graft failure. 
  • Predictive value of access blood flow in detecting access thrombosis. 
  • Reduction of vascular intimal-medial hyperplasia in polytetrafluoroethylene arteriovenous grafts via expression of an inhibitor of G protein signaling. 
  • Refractive Outcomes after Pars Plana Vitrectomy and Scleral Fixated Intraocular Lens with Gore-Tex Suture. 
  • Right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction using a Goretex membrane monocusp valve in infant animals. 
  • Risk factors and consequences of graft infection after femoropopliteal bypass: A 25-year experience. 
  • Saphenous vein versus polytetrafluoroethylene carotid patch angioplasty. 
  • Scleral Fixation of Posterior Chamber Hydrophobic Acrylic Intraocular Lenses Using Gore-Tex Suture. 
  • Solitary common iliac artery inflammatory aneurysm in a healthy woman: case report and review of the literature. 
  • Spatial control of neuronal cell attachment and differentiation on covalently patterned laminin oligopeptide substrates. 
  • Subclavian vein to right atrial appendage bypass without sternotomy to maintain arteriovenous access in patients with complete central vein occlusion, a new approach. 
  • Sudden cardiac death due to large coronary aneurysm successfully treated with a covered stent and ChromaFlo guidance. 
  • Susceptibility of ePTFE vascular grafts and bioengineered human acellular vessels to infection. 
  • Synthesis and characterization of fluoropolymeric substrata with immobilized minimal peptide sequences for cell adhesion studies. I. 
  • Technical innovation. Using a covered stent (wallgraft) to treat pseudoaneurysms of dialysis grafts and fistulas. 
  • Technical innovation. Using a cutting balloon to treat resistant high-grade dialysis graft stenosis. 
  • The PARACHUTE IV trial design and rationale: percutaneous ventricular restoration using the parachute device in patients with ischemic heart failure and dilated left ventricles. 
  • The effect of interstitial air on the in vitro thrombogenicity of ePTFE vascular grafts. 
  • Three-dimensional visualization of recurrent coarctation of the aorta by electron-beam tomography and MRI. 
  • Thrombosed polytetrafluoroethylene hemodialysis fistulas: salvage with combined thrombectomy and angioplasty. 
  • Treatment of TIPS/biliary fistula-related endotipsitis with a covered stent. 
  • Treatment of an iatrogenic petrous carotid artery pseudoaneurysm with a Symbiot covered stent: technical case report.