Cuff Technique for Small-Diameter Vascular Grafts in the Systemic Arterial Circulation of the Rat
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
; : 423-426, 2018.
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ABSTRACT
This study determined the feasibility of the cuff technique for small-caliber vascular grafts in a rat model. A graft was implanted with the cuff technique or suture technique in a 1-cm segment of the abdominal aorta in 12 rats. The mean aortic clamp time was 29 minutes with the cuff technique and 44 minutes with the suture technique; the cuff technique was significantly shorter. Abdominal angiography at 1 week after implantation showed no significant stenosis in 9 rats, focal stenosis of the mid-portion of the graft in 1 rat with each technique, and total occlusion of the graft in 1 rat with the suture technique. We have successfully used the cuff technique for anastomosis for small-caliber vascular grafts in an animal model.
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WPRIM
Main subject:
Aorta, Abdominal
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Angiography
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Suture Techniques
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Constriction, Pathologic
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Transplants
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Models, Animal
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Year:
2018
Document type:
Article