An Experimental Study to Replace the Thoracic Descending Aorta for Pigs with a Self-Made Sutureless Blood Vessel
Figure 2
Implantation of SMSBV and its schematic picture. Panel (a) shows that the metal connectors of sutureless vessel have been inserted into the distal and proximal lumens of the thoracic descending aorta, and the sleeved aortic wall was double ligated; panel (b) is a schematic which shows the aortic wall with red color, the Gore-Tex with green color, and the ligature with blue dashed line.
