The relevance of large strains in functional tissue engineering of heart valves

Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 78-83

  Mol, A ^a,b   Bouten, C V C ^b   Zund G ^a   Gunter C I ^a   Visjager, J F ^c   Turina, M I ^a   Baaijens, F P T ^b   Hoerstrup, Simon Philipp ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Heart valves; Mechanical stress; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID;

AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; BLOOD PRESSURE; CELL ISOLATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMPLANTATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CELL SURVIVAL; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; HYDROXYBUTYRATES; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0038782945     PISSN: 01716425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-38993     Document Type: Article

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