Procedure for Human Saphenous Veins Ex Vivo Perfusion and External ReinforcementAlban Longchamp *1, Florent Allagnat *2, Xavier Berard 3, Florian Alonso 2, Jacques-Antoine Haefliger 2, Sébastien Deglise *4, Jean-Marc Corpataux *4
1Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, 2Laboratory of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, CHUV University Hospital, 3Department of Vascular Surgery, Pellegrin Hospital, University of Bordeaux, 4Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, CHUV University Hospital
The mechanisms leading to the development of intimal hyperplasia (IH) and vein graft failure are still poorly understood. This study describes an ex vivo system to perfuse human veins under controlled flow and pressure. Furthermore the efficiency of external mesh reinforcement to limit the development of IH was evaluated.
