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Manufacturing and validation of small-diameter vascular grafts: A mini review.

Deyanira Hernandez-Sanchez, Maxime Comtois-Bona, Marcelo Muñoz, Marc Ruel, Erik J Suuronen, Emilio I Alarcon

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Review in iScience, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Small Diameter Vascular Grafts Made in Minutes.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026
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  3. Biomimetic materials for medical applications.Chinese medical journal · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Deyanira Hernandez-SanchezBioEngineering and Therapeutic Solutions (BEaTS) Research, Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 40 Ruskin Street, Ottawa, ON K1Y4W7, Canada.
Maxime Comtois-BonaBioEngineering and Therapeutic Solutions (BEaTS) Research, Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 40 Ruskin Street, Ottawa, ON K1Y4W7, Canada.
Marcelo MuñozBioEngineering and Therapeutic Solutions (BEaTS) Research, Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 40 Ruskin Street, Ottawa, ON K1Y4W7, Canada.
Marc RuelBioEngineering and Therapeutic Solutions (BEaTS) Research, Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 40 Ruskin Street, Ottawa, ON K1Y4W7, Canada.
Erik J SuuronenBioEngineering and Therapeutic Solutions (BEaTS) Research, Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 40 Ruskin Street, Ottawa, ON K1Y4W7, Canada.
Emilio I AlarconBioEngineering and Therapeutic Solutions (BEaTS) Research, Division of Cardiac Surgery, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 40 Ruskin Street, Ottawa, ON K1Y4W7, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The field of small-diameter vascular grafts remains a challenge for biomaterials scientists. While decades of research have brought us much closer to developing biomimetic materials for regenerating tissues and organs, the physiological challenges involved in manufacturing small conduits that can transport blood while not inducing an immune response or promoting blood clots continue to limit progress in this area. In this short review, we present some of the most recent methods and advancements made by researchers working in the field of small-diameter vascular grafts. We also discuss some of the most critical aspects biomaterials scientists should consider when developing lab-made small-diameter vascular grafts.

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BioengineeringBiomaterialsCardiovascular medicineTissue engineering

Identifiers

PMID38799581
PMCPMC11126982

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