Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE), also known as Gore-Tex, ... Ethanol-lubricated expanded-polytetrafluoroethylene vascular grafts loaded with eggshell membrane extract and heparin for rapid ...

[3,4,5] For vascular access in hemodialysis patients, ePTFE arteriovenous grafts are associated with complication rates that are close to three times higher than rates with vein fistulae.

They dipped 4 mm expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) grafts (GORE-TEX, W.L. Gore & Associates, Elkton, MD) into a freshly prepared solution of poly-(ethylenimine) (PEI) and a cross-linking ...