Research Article

An Experimental Study to Replace the Thoracic Descending Aorta for Pigs with a Self-Made Sutureless Blood Vessel

Figure 3

180 days after the operation, the cross-sectional view of the implanted artificial vessel showed that the outer wall was covered by connective tissue and inner wall remained smooth without any thrombus (a); the ligated aortic wall was not necrotic (b).
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