The potential of prolonged tissue culture to reduce stress generation and retraction in engineered heart valve tissues

Tissue Engineering - Part C: Methods

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 205-215

  Van Vlimmeren, Marijke A A ^a   Driessen Mol, Anita ^a   Oomens, Cees W J ^a   Baaijens, Frank P T ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COMPACTION; TISSUE CULTURE;

FORCE GENERATION; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HEART VALVES; POLY GLYCOLIC ACID; STRESS GENERATION; TISSUE QUALITY; TISSUE RETRACTION;

TISSUE;

TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CYTOLOGY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EQUIPMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; YOUNG MODULUS;

BIOPROSTHESIS; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIC MODULUS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873869220     PISSN: 19373384     EISSN: 19373392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tec.2012.0100     Document Type: Article

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