Artificial Cardiac Muscle with or without the Use of Scaffolds.

ABSTRACT: During the past several decades, major advances and improvements now promote better treatment options for cardiovascular diseases. However, these diseases still remain the single leading cause of death worldwide. The rapid development of cardiac tissue engineering has provided the opportunity to potentially restore the contractile function and retain the pumping feature of injured hearts. This conception of cardiac tissue engineering can enable researchers to produce autologous and functional biomaterials which represents a promising technique to benefit patients with cardiovascular diseases. Such an approach will ultimately reshape existing heart transplantation protocols. Notable efforts are accelerating the development of cardiac tissue engineering, particularly to create larger tissue

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5569873 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature