The risk predictive power of high-sensitive cardiac troponin T change in addition to the Revised Cardiac Risk Index could facilitate 1) detection of patients at highest risk for perioperative myocardial ischemia, 2) evaluation and development of cardioprotective therapeutic strategies, and 3) decisions for admission to and discharge from high-density care units.

These results demonstrate an encouraging outcome after cryopreserved allograft implantation for the treatment of vascular infections in the abdominal aorta. The data represent a basis for future comparisons with other treatment modalities for vascular infections, including silver-coated prostheses and autogenous femoral veins.

acellularisation and consecutive in vitro autogeneic re-seeding of valved venous conduits can lead to immunologically acceptable, patent, and competent implants in sheep.

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A structured coculture of MFB and EC was obtained mimicking the formation of a vascular wall with preserved viability utilizing a fibrin preparation. Nutrition problems seem to limit the maximal extent of MFB in the matrix.