Thomas R. Kirkman

Mechanisms of arterial graft healing. Rapid transmural capillary ingrowth provides a source of intimal endothelium and smooth muscle in porous PTFE prostheses.

A W Clowes, Thomas R. Kirkman, M A Reidy · PubMed · 1986 · 357 citations

Medicine, Bioengineering, Surgery +15

Increased blood flow inhibits neointimal hyperplasia in endothelialized vascular grafts.

Ted R. Kohler, Thomas R. Kirkman, Larry W. Kraiss et al. · Circulation Research · 1991 · 247 citations

Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, Surgery +13

Healing of polytetrafluoroethylene arterial grafts is influenced by graft porosity

Michael A. Golden, Stephen R. Hanson, Thomas R. Kirkman et al. · Journal of Vascular Surgery · 1990 · 198 citations · Full text

Medicine, Bioengineering, Surgery +10

Mechanisms of arterial graft failure. II. Chronic endothelial and smooth muscle cell proliferation in healing polytetrafluoroethylene prostheses

Alexander W. Clowes, Thomas R. Kirkman, M M Clowes · Journal of Vascular Surgery · 1986 · 141 citations · Full text

Medicine, Bioengineering, Surgery +14

Shear stress regulates smooth muscle proliferation and neointimal thickening in porous polytetrafluoroethylene grafts.

Larry W. Kraiss, Thomas R. Kirkman, Ted R. Kohler et al. · Arteriosclerosis and Thrombosis A Journal of Vascular Biology · 1991 · 134 citations

Engineering, Bioengineering, Biomedical Engineering +10