Can tissue engineering mend broken hearts?

Circulation Research

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 120-122

  Akins, Robert E ^a  

^a NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell biology; Congenital heart defects; Heart disease; Surgery; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL POPULATION; CELL SUSPENSION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; EDITORIAL; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART DISEASE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; XENOGRAFT;

EID: 0037040164     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/res.90.2.120     Document Type: Editorial

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