Living artificial heart valve alternatives: a review

Living artificial heart valve alternatives: a review

Conventional replacement therapies for heart valve disease are associated with significant drawbacks. The field of tissue engineering has emerged as an exciting alternative in the search for improved heart valve replacement structures. One of the principles behind this concept is the transplantation...

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Main Authors: TC Flanagan, A Pandit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AO Research Institute Davos 2003-11-01
Series:European Cells & Materials
Subjects:
Heart valve
tissue engineering
cardiovascular system
extracellular matrix
heart valve prosthesis
interstitial cell
endocardial cell
biodegradable scaffold
bioreactor
growth factor.
Online Access:http://www.ecmjournal.org/papers/vol006/pdf/v006a04.pdf

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