Research Article

An Experimental Study to Replace the Thoracic Descending Aorta for Pigs with a Self-Made Sutureless Blood Vessel

Figure 6

180 days after the operation, endothelial cells were found adhered to the inner wall of the artificial vessels (panel (a), arrow) and smooth muscle cells (panel (b), arrow) without any thrombosis (5000x).
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