Models of cardiovascular surgery biobanking to facilitate translational research and precision medicine.

ABSTRACT: Biobanking in health care has evolved over the last few decades from simple biological sample repositories to complex and dynamic units with multi-organizational infrastructure networks and has become an essential tool for modern medical research. Cardiovascular tissue biobanking provides a unique opportunity to utilize cardiac and vascular samples for translational research into heart failure and other related pathologies. Current techniques for diagnosis, classification, and treatment monitoring of cardiac disease relies primarily on interpretation of clinical signs, imaging, and blood biomarkers. Further research at the disease source (i.e. myocardium and blood vessels) has been limited by a relative lack of access to quality human cardiac tissue and the inherent shortcomings of most an

SUBMITTER: Zhu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8787984 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature