Fabrication, Biocompatibility, and Tissue Engineering Substrate Analysis of Polyvinyl Alcohol-Gelatin Core-Shell Electrospun Nanofibers

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States with approximately 49% of the cardiovascular related deaths attributed to coronary heart disease (CHD). CHD is the accumulation of plaque resulting in the narrowing of the vessel lumen and a decrease in blood flow to the downs...

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Main Author: Merkle, Valerie Marie
Other Authors: Wu, Xiaoyi
Language:en_US
Published: The University of Arizona. 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/311690