This Article Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Download to citation manager Request Permissions Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Google Scholar Articles by SHEA, M. A. Articles by BERNSTEIN, E. F. Search for Related Content PubMed Articles by SHEA, M. A. Articles by BERNSTEIN, E. F.

(Circulation. 1968;37:II-201.)
© 1968 American Heart Association, Inc.

---

In Vivo Evaluation of Dacron Velour as a Nonthrombogenic Surface

MICHAEL A. SHEA M.D.¹; ROBERT A. INDEGLIA M.D.¹; RICHARD L. VARCO M.D.¹; JESSE E. EDWARDS M.D.¹; EUGENE F. BERNSTEIN M.D.¹

¹ From the Departments of Surgery, the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the Department of Pathology, Charles T. Miller Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota.

The healing properties of Dacron velour were evaluated after its implantation in the canine aorta, vena cava, and left atrial appendage. A high incidence of thrombosis was observed, both in sacrificed animals and those that died spontaneously. The thrombus was invariably tightly adherent to the wall of the graft. No evidence of peripheral embolization was apparent. Histologic examination did not reveal anything unique in the healing of Dacron velour but rather it conformed to the healing process previously described with other Dacron vascular prostheses.