Abstract:Objectives:: to establish some functional characteristics after in vitro endothelialisation of precoated ePTFE grafts. Materials and methods:: saphenous vein endothelial cells were confluently seeded on human serum-precoated ePTFE. Collagen I-precoated...
Abstract:Objectives:: The aim of this study was to investigate the secretion of prostacyclin (PGI"2), tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 (PAI- 1) produced by human great saphenous vein endothelial cells (HSVECs) in vit...
Abstract:The possibility of improving the performance of heart valve bioprostheses and vascular biografts by means of preendothelialization with cultured autologous cells has been suggested. Such culture techniques are available, but the glutaraldehyde-preserve...