Evaluation of the stromal vascular fraction of adipose tissue as the basis for a stem cell-based tissue-engineered vascular graft

Cells sourced from patient fat after procedures such as liposuction could ultimately be seeded into a tubular scaffold as the basis of a vascular graft for small-diameter coronary and peripheral artery bypass procedures. This study serves as a preclinical evaluation of adipose-derived cells, seeded into a tubular scaffold, in the context of a rat interpositional implantation model.