Comparative Studies on Tensile Mechanical Behaviour of Tetron and Dacron Vascular Substitutes

Abstract

In the present article the studies on the mechanical behaviour of vascular substitutes of two kinds, that is, Tetron and Dacron, have been experimentally carried out by tensile testing and stereo microscopy. From the results it is concluded that vascular substitutes made of Dacron are more suitable for clinical use than of Tetron as far as the mechanical behaviour of the virgin state is concerned.