Myocardial Tissue Engineering

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Boccaccini, Aldo R. (Editor), Harding, Sian E. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Series: Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials, 6
• Subjects: Engineering.; Gene therapy.; Cardiology.; Stem cells.; Biomedical engineering.; Biomaterials.; Biomedical Engineering.; Stem Cells.; Gene Therapy.

Myocardial tissue engineering (MTE), a strategy that uses materials or material/cell constructs to prolong patients’ life after cardiac damage by supporting or restoring heart function, is continuously improving. Common MTE strategies include an engineered ‘vehicle’, which may be a porous scaffold o...