Laser microfabricated poly(glycerol sebacate) scaffolds for heart valve tissue engineering

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 101 A, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 104-114

  Masoumi, Nafiseh ^a   Jean, Aurelie ^a,b   Zugates, Jeffrey T ^a   Johnson, Katherine L ^a   Engelmayr Jr , George C ^a,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomimetic; Finite element; Heart valve; Poly(glycerol sebacate); Tissue engineered

Indexed keywords

BOVINE AORTIC; COMPUTATIONAL DESIGN; CURING CONDITION; EFFECTIVE STIFFNESS; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; HEART VALVES; MICROFABRICATED; POLY(GLYCEROL SEBACATE); PORE SHAPE; TANGENT MODULI; TISSUE-ENGINEERED HEART; WET WEIGHT;

BIOMIMETICS; CELL CULTURE; CURING; ELASTICITY; GLYCEROL; HEART; LASER ABLATION; LASERS; MAMMALS; MICROFABRICATION; STIFFNESS; TISSUE;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

CELL DNA; COLLAGEN; POLY(GLYCEROL SEBACATE); SEBACIC ACID; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LASER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; RAT; RIGIDITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN FIBROBLAST; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; AORTIC VALVE; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; COLLAGEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECANOATES; DNA; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GLYCEROL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LASERS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84872677613     PISSN: 15493296     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.34305     Document Type: Article

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