The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 133, Issue 5 , Pages 1163-1170 , May 2007

Enhanced intimal thickening of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene grafts coated with fibrin or fibrin-releasing vascular endothelial growth factor in the pig carotid artery interposition model

  • Beat H. Walpoth, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinic of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Geneva, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationBeat H. Walpoth, MD, Clinic of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Hospital Geneva, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland
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  • Prisca Zammaretti, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Biomedical Engineering and Department of Materials Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich and University of Zurich, Switzerland
    • Prisca Zammaretti and Mustafa Cikirikcioglu contributed equally to this article.
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  • Mustafa Cikirikcioglu, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Clinic of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Geneva, Switzerland
    • Prisca Zammaretti and Mustafa Cikirikcioglu contributed equally to this article.
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  • Ebrahim Khabiri, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinic of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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  • M. Karim Djebaili, MD

      Affiliations

    • Clinic of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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  • Jean-Claude Pache, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Pathology, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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  • Jean-Christophe Tille, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Pathology, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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  • Yacine Aggoun, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology Research, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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  • Denis Morel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland
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  • Afksendiyos Kalangos, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Clinic of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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  • Jeffrey A. Hubbell, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Biomedical Engineering and Department of Materials Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich and University of Zurich, Switzerland
    • Institute of Bioengineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Andreas H. Zisch, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Biomedical Engineering and Department of Materials Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich and University of Zurich, Switzerland
    • Department of Obstetrics, University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland
    • Center for Integrative Human Physiology of the University of Zurich, Switzerland.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Andreas Zisch, PhD, Department of Obstetrics, University Hospital Zurich, Frauenklinikstr. 10, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland

Received 31 May 2006 ,Revised 24 August 2006 ,Accepted 19 September 2006.

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 The study was supported by grants of the Swiss National Science Foundation and the Swiss Heart Foundation to B. H. W., the Gebert Ruef Foundation to A. H. Z. and J. A. H., and the European Union FP6-project Heart Repair.

PII: S0022-5223(07)00217-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2007.01.029

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 133, Issue 5 , Pages 1163-1170 , May 2007

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