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Tissue Engineering of Blood Vessels: How to Make a Graft

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Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of death in western countries and often require vascular reconstruction. So far, autologous arteries or veins are the most commonly used substitutes for coronary and peripheral bypass procedures.

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Sorrentino, S., Haller, H. (2011). Tissue Engineering of Blood Vessels: How to Make a Graft. In: Pallua, N., Suscheck, C. (eds) Tissue Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02824-3_14

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