Tri-layered elastomeric scaffolds for engineering heart valve leaflets

Biomaterials

Volumn 35, Issue 27, 2014, Pages 7774-7785

  Masoumi, Nafiseh ^a,b,c   Annabi, Nasim ^a,d   Assmann, Alexander ^a,d,f   Larson, Benjamin L ^a   Hjortnaes, Jesper ^a,g   Alemdar, Neslihan ^a   Kharaziha, Mahshid ^a   Manning, Keefe B ^c   Mayer, John E ^b   Khademhosseini, Ali ^a,d,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^f HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anisotropic mechanical properties; Biodegradable scaffold; Electrospinning; Heart valve tissue engineering; Microfabricated elastomer

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETICS; CELL CULTURE; FLOWCHARTING; HEART; MICROFABRICATION; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); STEM CELLS; TISSUE; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

ANISOTROPIC MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; BIODEGRADABLE SCAFFOLD; HEART VALVE TISSUE ENGINEERINGS; HEART VALVES; HEART VALVES LEAFLETS; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MICROFABRICATED; MICROFABRICATED ELASTOMER; TISSUE-ENGINEERED HEART;

ELECTROSPINNING;

ELASTOMER; POLY(GLYCEROL SEBACATE); POLYCAPROLACTONE; SEBACIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ELASTOMERIC; POLYMER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; ELECTROSPINNING; EX VIVO STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEART VALVE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PORCINE MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ANIMAL; ANISOTROPY; AORTA VALVE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MATERIALS TESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PULMONARY VALVE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHEEP; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

SUS;

ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; AORTIC VALVE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYMERS; PULMONARY VALVE; SHEEP; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84903452228     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2014.04.039     Document Type: Article

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