The Effects of Steady Laminar Shear Stress on Aortic Valve Cell Biology
Aortic valve disease (AVD) affects millions of people of all ages around the world. Current treatment for AVD consists of valvular replacement with a non-living prosthetic valve, which is incapable of growth, self-repair, or remodeling. While tissue engineering has great promise to develop a livin...
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Georgia Institute of Technology
2005
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1853/4824 |