Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages 194-202 , January 2010

Modification of the descending thoracic aortic anastomotic site using biodegradable felt: Study in a canine model with or without basic fibroblast growth factor

  • Hidenori Fujiwara, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
    • ,
  • Yoshikatsu Saiki, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Yoshikatsu Saiki, MD, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, 1-1 Seiryomachi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8574 Japan
    • ,
  • Mitsuru Sato, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
    • ,
  • Naoya Sakamoto, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
    • ,
  • Toshiro Ohashi, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
    • ,
  • Masaaki Sato, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
    • ,
  • Yasuhiko Tabata, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Frontier Medical Science, Kyoto, Japan
    • ,
  • Koichi Tabayashi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

Received 26 September 2008 ,Accepted 22 August 2009.

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 Competition of interest: none.

 Drs Hidenori Fujiwara and Yoshikatsu Saiki contributed equally to this manuscript.

 The editors and reviewers of this article have no relevant financial relationships to disclose per the JVS policy that requires reviewers to decline review of any manuscript for which they may have a competition of interest.

PII: S0741-5214(09)01797-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2009.08.078

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 51, Issue 1 , Pages 194-202 , January 2010

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