Article: Spiral blood flow discovery gives vital twist to creation of artificial arteries

A TEAM of Scottish doctors has created artificial arteries that will help thousands of patients suffering from a major life- threatening condition.

The artificial implants can be used for bypass surgery for patients with clogged arteries, a condition that affects 10,000 Scots every year. Professor Peter Stonebridge, a vascular surgeon at Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, led the development of the artificial arteries after discovering that blood flows in a spiral, rather than in a straight line as previously assumed.

He used this discovery to create artery grafts that allow blood to continue to flow in a spiral in a bid to improve the poor current success rate of artery bypass operations.

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