In situ heart valve tissue engineering: Simple devices, smart materials, complex knowledge

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 453-455

  Bouten, Carlijn V C ^a   Driessen Mol, Anita ^a   Baaijens, Frank P T ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

biomimetic mechanics; cellular microenvironment; heart valve; instructive materials; tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; POLYMER; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

CELL MIGRATION; COST CONTROL; EDITORIAL; ENGRAFTMENT; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; IN SITU HEART VALVE TISSUE ENGINEERING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; SHELF LIFE; STEM CELL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84868364770     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erd.12.43     Document Type: Editorial

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