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Tissue engineering approaches for the development of a contractile cardiac patch.

Jana Dengler1, Milica Radisic

  • 1Institute of Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, Heart & Stroke Richard/Lewar Centre of Excellence, University of Toronto, 164 College Street, Room 407, Toronto, Ontario, CA M5S3G9, Canada.

Future Cardiology
|October 7, 2009
PubMed
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Cardiac tissue engineering creates 3D cardiac grafts to repair heart damage. Key challenges include sourcing cells, creating thick tissues, and vascularization for clinical use.

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