Cardiovascular diseases, such as heart valve dysfunction and coronary artery stenosis, are
next to cancer the leading cause of death in the US. Treatments involve replacement of the …

Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in the world. Vessel replacement
with tissue engineered vascular graft (TEVG) is an available treatment for this type of …

Endothelial cells have presented a wide variety of applications including tissue engineering,
artificial organs, and pharmaceutical drug screening. The new insight in exploring synthetic …

Small intestinal submucosa (SIS) is an extracellular matrix (ECM) harvested from pig. It
contains primarily collagen with multiple proteins and growth factors. It is a biocompatible …

Due to the high mortality associated with cardiovascular diseases (CD) and alterations in the
peripheral circulatory system, tissue engineering for the development of new treatments is …

Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death worldwide. In the treatment of
such disease, vascular surgery commonly utilises grafts to replace or bypass damaged …

Scaffold-based tendon tissue engineering offers a promising alternative to tackle the unmet
needs. This study incorporates both uniaxial stretching and laser punching techniques to …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the main cause of mortality in the Western World,
accounting for 1 out of every 3 deaths in the USA and claiming more lives each year than …

Abstract According to the World Heart Organization, cardiovascular diseases claim 17.1
million lives each year, from which congenital heart defects account for 26%. As the most …

Gegenwärtig sind kardiovaskuläre Erkrankungen, allen voran die Arteriosklerose koronarer
und zerebraler Gefäße, Ursache für 38% aller Todesfälle in Nordamerika und häufigste …