. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jun 19.

Published in final edited form as: J Biomater Sci Polym Ed. 2008;19(5):653–664. doi: 10.1163/156856208784089607

Table 2.

Summary of tensile properties of various vascular grafts – biomaterials utilized and native tissue.

Material	Ultimate Tensile Strength (MPa)	Modulus (MPa)
Electrospun Silk Scaffold (this work)	2.42±0.48	2.45±0.47
Collagen, Fibrin (2 mg/mL)⁷	0.05	0.153
Crosslinked Collagen, Fibroblasts²⁶	0.37±0.08	2.82±0.42
Thoracic Aorta,³⁰ Carotid Artery³¹	1.95±0.60	0.04±0.9
Electrospun Collagen³²	1.5±0.2	52.3±5.2
Electrospun Polylactic-co-glycolic Acid (10 wt %)³¹	6.0±0.2	71±7