Endothelialization of electrospun polycaprolactone (PCL) small caliber vascular grafts spun from different polymer blends € ller,3 L. Dreyer,3 B. Krolitzki,3 H. Zernetsch,3 D. Pfeiffer,1,2 C. Stefanitsch,1 K. Wankhammer,1 M. Mu 3 2 4 5 B. Glasmacher, C. Lindner, A. Lass, M. Schwarz, W. Muckenauer,6 I. Lang1 1
Institute of Cell Biology, Histology, and Embryology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria Center of Biomedical Technology, Department for Health Sciences and Biomedicine, Danube University Krems, Krems, Austria 3 Institute for Multiphase Processes, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany 4 Institute of Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Graz, Graz, Austria 5 Division of Transplantation Surgery and Section for Surgical Research, Department of Surgery, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria 6 Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria 2
Received 7 November 2013; revised 31 January 2014; accepted 11 February 2014 Published online 26 February 2014 in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com). DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.35123 Abstract: Small caliber vascular grafts represent a challenge to material scientists. In contrast to large caliber grafts, prostheses with diameter