Electrospun Polyurethane and Hydrogel Composite Scaffolds as Biomechanical Mimics for Aortic Valve Tissue Engineering

ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1546-1558

  Puperi, Daniel S ^a   Kishan, Alysha ^b   Punske, Zoe E ^a   Wu, Yan ^c   Cosgriff Hernandez, Elizabeth ^b   West, Jennifer L ^c   Grande Allen, K Jane ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b Div Gastroenterol Univ Texas M   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

electrospinning; heart valve; polyurethane; tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

MACROGOL; POLYURETHAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL FUNCTION; ELECTROSPINNING; ENCAPSULATION; FORCE; HYDROGEL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PIG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 85000789167     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23739878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.6b00309     Document Type: Article

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