Preliminary Observations on the Use of Human Arterial Grafts in the Treatment of Certain Cardiovascular Defects

Abstract

FOR many years surgeons have felt the need for some technical procedure that would help in bridging gaps of the arterial system when a large vessel has been destroyed by trauma or has become thrombosed because of degenerative disease or embolism, or when certain cardiovascular abnormalities require operative correction. Extensive investigations have been conducted to further the work of other experimenters and to determine the feasibility of transferring a segment of large artery from one animal to another of the same species. Full reports of these studies will be published elsewhere.^{1 2 3} In the laboratory for surgical research sections of abdominal . . .