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Biohybrid Strategies for Vascular Grafts

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Despite the enormous advances realized in cardiology and cardiovascular surgery, approximately 500,000 deaths due to coronary heart disease occur annually in the US [166].

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van Lith, R., Ameer, G.A. (2011). Biohybrid Strategies for Vascular Grafts. In: Pallua, N., Suscheck, C. (eds) Tissue Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02824-3_15

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