Tissue Engineering Heart Valves - a Review of More than Two Decades into Preclinical and Clinical Testing for Obtaining the Next Generation of Heart Valve Substitutes

• Main Authors: Dan SIMIONESCU (Author), Marius Mihai HARPA (Author), Agneta SIMIONESCU (Author), Codrut OPRITA (Author), Ionela MOVILEANU (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sciendo, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Well documented shortcomings of current heart valve substitutes - biological and mechanical prostheses make them imperfect choices for patients diagnosed with heart valve disease, in need for a cardiac valve replacement. Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering represent the research grounds of...