Current state of the art in myocardial tissue engineering

Tissue Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1825-1836

  Giraud, Marie Noëlle ^a,b   Armbruster, Christine ^a   Carrel, Thierry ^a   Tevaearai, Hendrik T ^a  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Cardiovascular Surgery ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL DISEASES; MYOCARDIUM-LIKE TISSUE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION;

CARDIOLOGY; CELLS; DISEASE CONTROL; GRAFTS; MEDICINE; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ALGINIC ACID; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN GEL; COLLAGEN SPONGE; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; FIBRIN; GELATIN SPONGE; HYALURONAN BENZYL ESTER; HYALURONIC ACID; POLITEF; POLY(LACTIDE CO CAPROLACTONE); POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYGLACTIN; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYURETHAN; TRIMETHYLENE CARBONATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL DENSITY; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EX VIVO STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE REPAIR; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANIMALS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MYOBLASTS; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 34548107032     PISSN: 10763279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.2006.0110     Document Type: Review

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