State-of-the-Art Review of 3D Bioprinting for Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 195-209

  Duan, Bin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioink; Heart valve; Hydrogel; Organ Bioprinting; Vascularization

Indexed keywords

3D PRINTERS; BIOMATERIALS; HYDROGELS; TISSUE;

BIOINK; BIOPRINTING; CARDIOVASCULAR TISSUE ENGINEERING; CARDIOVASCULAR TISSUES; HEART VALVES; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; STATE-OF-THE ART REVIEWS; VASCULARIZATION;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOINK; INK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOMATERIAL;

BIOENGINEERING; BIOFABRICATION; BIOPRINTER; BIOPRINTING; CARDIAC MUSCLE; CARDIOVASCULAR TISSUE; EXTRUSION BASED BIOPRINTING; GENERAL DEVICE; HEART VALVE; INKJET BASED BIOPRINTING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER BASED BIOPRINTING; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THREE DIMENSIONAL BIOPRINTING; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VASCULARIZATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DEVICES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL PRINTING;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MYOCARDIUM; PRINTING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84962886228     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-016-1607-5     Document Type: Review

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