Bioengineering challenges for heart valve tissue engineering

Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue , 2009, Pages 289-313

  Sacks, Michael S ^a   Schoen, Frederick J ^b   Mayer Jr , John E ^c  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular function; Functional biomechanics; Heart valves; Scaffolds; Stem cells; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; FUNCTIONAL BIOMECHANICS; FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM; HEART VALVES; IN-VIVO; MECHANICAL FACTORS; PEDIATRIC POPULATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECENT TRENDS; SOMATIC GROWTH; STEM CELLS; STRESS TRANSFER; SUB-CELLULAR; TISSUE-ENGINEERED HEART; VALVE SIZE;

BIOMECHANICS; CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; ENGINEERING; HEART VALVE PROSTHESES; REPAIR; SCAFFOLDS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

VALVES (MECHANICAL);

TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

BIOREACTOR EQUIPMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VALVE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEART; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HEART VALVES; HUMANS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 67651162169     PISSN: 15239829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-bioeng-061008-124903     Document Type: Review

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