Review Article
Vascular Tissue Engineering: Recent Advances in Small Diameter Blood Vessel Regeneration
Table 1
Compliance of natural vessels and synthetic prostheses.
| | Graft type | Compliance | Elastic modulus | Reference |
| | Artery | 5.9 ± 0.5%/100 mmHg | — | [41] | | 677%/MPa | 0.455 MPa | [42] | | Saphenous vein | 4.4 ± 0.8%/100 mmHg | — | [41] | | PET | 1.9 ± 0.3%/100 mmHg | — | [41] | | 145%/MPa | 1.9 MPa | [42] | | ePTFE | 1.6 ± 0.2%/100 mmHg | — | [41] | | 124%/MPa | 2.2 MPa | [42] |
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