Guided Tissue Regeneration in Heart Valve Replacement: From Preclinical Research to First-in-Human Trials

Heart valve tissue-guided regeneration aims to offer a functional and viable alternative to current prosthetic replacements. Not requiring previous cell seeding and conditioning in bioreactors, such exceptional tissue engineering approach is a very fascinating translational regenerative strategy. Af...

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Main Authors: L. Iop, G. Gerosa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/432901