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Getting to the heart of tissue engineering.
Journal of cardiovascular translational research - 1 Mar 2008
Khait Luda, Hecker Louise, Blan Nicole R, Coyan Garrett, Migneco Francesco, Huang Yen-Chih, Birla Ravi K
Abstract excerpt
Cardiovascular disease affects 80 million people in the USA and is the leading cause of death. Significant limitations of current treatments necessitate the development of novel strategies. Cardiovascular tissue engineering is an emerging field focused on the development of biological substitutes to restore, maintain, or improve tissue function. In this article, we present an overview of trends in the field and...
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