Generation of bioartificial hearts using decellularized scaffolds and mixed cells

Abstract Background Patients with end-stage heart failure must receive treatment to recover cardiac function, and the current primary therapy, heart transplantation, is plagued by the limited supply of donor hearts. Bioengineered artificial hearts generated by seeding of cells on decellularized scaf...

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Main Authors: Cailing Tong, Cheng Li, Baiyi Xie, Minghui Li, Xianguo Li, Zhongquan Qi, Junjie Xia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-06-01
Series:BioMedical Engineering OnLine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12938-019-0691-9