A review of: Application of synthetic scaffold in tissue engineering heart valves

Materials Science and Engineering C

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 556-565

  Fallahiarezoudar, Ehsan ^a   Ahmadipourroudposht, Mohaddeseh ^a   Idris, Ani ^a   Mohd Yusof, Noordin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Autologous stem cells; Cardiovascular; Heart valves; Synthetic scaffold; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; CELL ENGINEERING; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; HEART; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; STEM CELLS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

BONE MARROW STEM CELLS; CARDIOVASCULAR; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; HEART DYSFUNCTION; HEART VALVES; SYNTHETIC SCAFFOLDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL SCAFFOLD; TISSUE DEVELOPMENT;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

ANIMAL; BIOPROSTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ANIMALS; BIOPROSTHESIS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84919615869     PISSN: 09284931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.msec.2014.12.016     Document Type: Review

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