A 14-year-old girl diagnosed with Marfan syndrome was operated on at the age of 4 for severe aortic regurgitation and ascending aortic aneurysm. The operation consisted of a composite valve graft (Carbomedics 25 mm) and reimplantation of the coronary arteries (Bentall procedure). Reoperation was required ten years later because of progression of the dilatation of the native ascending aorta. Mag...

The raison d'eÃtre of total arterial revascularisation (TAR), namely using arterial grafts to non left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) territories, is the achievement of the patency rates obtained by grafting the pedicled internal mammary artery (PIMA) to the LAD. Grafting the PIMA to the LAD is the single most important technical factor, in experienced hands, determining the long-ter...

OBJECTIVE The radial artery is frequently the second graft of choice after the left internal thoracic artery in coronary artery bypass graft surgery. However, the optimal radial artery proximal anastomosis site remains controversial. The aim of the present study was to compare the radial artery patency according to its use as either an aorta-radial artery graft or composite radial artery graft ...

The authors have shown accelerated endothelialization on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) grafts preclotted with autologous bone marrow. Bone marrow cells have a subset of early progenitor cells that express the CD34 antigen on their surfaces. A recent in vitro study has shown that CD34(+) cells can differentiate into endothelial cells. The current study was designed to determine whether CD34(+...

Methods: Light-hardened poly-methyl-methacrylate, poly-hydroxyl-ethyl-methacrylate, and calcium hydroxide plus polyanhydride (PPCH+PA) composite graft), PPCH graft alone, PA graft alone, were compared to each other and to a no graft control group. All mandibular premolar teeth were extracted; a total of 48 implants were placed into sockets of the mesial roots in three minipigs. Crestal areas an...

In this work, a novel superabsorbent hydrogel composite based on collagen have been prepared via graft copolymerization of methacrylic acid (MAA) in the presence of kaolin powder by using methylenebisacrylamide (MBA) as a crosslinking agent and ammonium persulphate (APS) as an initiator. A proposed mechanism for hydrogel formation was suggested and the structure of the composite was established...

A hydrophilic macromolecular network is prepared by performing graft copolymerization of poly (sodium acrylate) chains onto salep and silica gel. The reaction parameters affecting the water absorbency of the superabsorbent composite were optimized using Taguchi method. FT-IR spectroscopy and Thermo Gravimetric Analysis (TGA) were used for confirming the s...

OBJECTIVE The requirement of systemic immunosuppression after islet transplantation is of significant concern and a major drawback to clinical islet transplantation. Here, we introduce a novel composite three-dimensional islet graft equipped with a local immunosuppressive system that prevents islet allograft rejection without systemic antirejection agents. In this composite graft, expression of...