The Mechanical Properties of Infrainguinal Vascular Bypass Grafts: Their Role in Influencing Patency

When autologous vein is unavailable, prosthetic graft materials, particularly expanded polytetrafluoroethylene are used for peripheral arterial revascularisation. Poor long term patency of prosthetic materials is due to distal anastomotic intimal hyperplasia. Intimal hyperplasia is directly linked t...

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Veröffentlicht in:European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery 2006-06, Vol.31 (6), p.627-636
Hauptverfasser: Sarkar, S., Salacinski, H.J., Hamilton, G., Seifalian, A.M.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:When autologous vein is unavailable, prosthetic graft materials, particularly expanded polytetrafluoroethylene are used for peripheral arterial revascularisation. Poor long term patency of prosthetic materials is due to distal anastomotic intimal hyperplasia. Intimal hyperplasia is directly linked to shear stress abnormalities at the vessel wall. Compliance and calibre mismatch between native vessel and graft, as well as anastomotic line stress concentration contribute towards unnatural wall shear stress. High porosity reduces graft compliance by causing fibrovascular infiltration, whereas low porosity discourages the development of an endothelial lining and hence effective antithrombogenicity. Therefore, consideration of mechanical properties is necessary in graft development. Current research into synthetic vascular grafts concentrates on simulating the mechanical properties of native arteries and tissue engineering aims to construct a new biological arterial conduit.
ISSN:1078-5884
1532-2165
DOI:10.1016/j.ejvs.2006.01.006