This work was supported by“the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities”(2232019D3-16)(China);the 111 Project 2.0“Biomedical Textile Materials Science and Technology”(B07024)(China);the Shanghai Science and Technology Support Project(18441902600)(China);the Engineering Research Center of Technical Textiles Ministry of Education(China);the Department of Surgery at Laval University(Quebec,Canada);the Fonds de Recherche de chirurgie vasculaire of the CHU(Quebec,Canada).The generous gift of device,by Medtronic and Vascutek is greatly acknowledged.The authors extend their appreciation to Boyin Qin,Yvan Douville,Pascal Rheaume,and Raymond Labbe.
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