Why the study?
Does transplantation into the arterial system alter the static elastic properties of venous tissue to resemble arterial tissue?
Population
10 normal and 4 transplanted canine jugular vein segments, and 4 human saphenous vein segments
Comparison
Transplantation into arterial circuits vs Normal venous segments and comparable-sized…
Design
Preclinical
Authors
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Challenges assumption of venous arterialization in grafts; leaves open relevance to human bypass outcomes.
Does transplantation into the arterial system alter the static elastic properties of venous tissue to resemble arterial tissue?
Venous tissue transplanted into the arterial system becomes noncompliant and does not develop the elastic properties of normal arterial tissue, which has implications for the biomechanics of vein grafts.
Wesly et al. (1975) studied this question.
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