TY - JOUR AU - Liu, Ruiming AU - Qin, Yuansen AU - Wang, Huijin AU - Zhao, Yong AU - Hu, Zuojun AU - Wang, Shenming PY - 2013 DA - 2013/10/01 TI - The in vivo blood compatibility of bio-inspired small diameter vascular graft: effect of submicron longitudinally aligned topography JO - BMC Cardiovascular Disorders SP - 79 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of deaths worldwide and the arterial reconstructive surgery remains the treatment of choice. Although large diameter vascular grafts have been widely used in clinical practices, there is an urgent need to develop a small diameter vascular graft with enhanced blood compatibility. Herein, we fabricated a small diameter vascular graft with submicron longitudinally aligned topography, which mimicked the tunica intima of the native arterial vessels and were tested in Sprague–Dawley (SD) rats. SN - 1471-2261 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-13-79 DO - 10.1186/1471-2261-13-79 ID - Liu2013 ER -