Nanofiber based scaffold fabrication, characterization and optimization for tissue engineering aortic heart valve
The four valves in a mammalian heart provide a unidirectional, unobstructed blood flow pathway as a result of synchronic movement of valves' leaflets during cardiac cycle. When one of the valves malfunctions, the medical choice is to replace the original valve with an artificial one. However, t...
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