Theory and application of arterial tissue in-host remodelling

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2015:2015:1869-72. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2015.7318746.

Abstract

A central therapeutic goal in many applications of modern Biomedicine is the reconstruction of the diseased arterial sections via robust and viable tissue equivalents. In-host remodelling is an emerging technology that exploits the remodelling ability of the host to regenerate tissue. We develop a general theoretical framework of growth and remodeling of arterial tissue starting from a synthetic, degradable, acellularized graft and we demonstrate the potential of mechanistic models to guide the development and assisting in the design of arterial tissue engineered constructs.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Arteries / physiology*
  • Biomechanical Phenomena
  • Humans
  • Models, Cardiovascular*
  • Regeneration / physiology
  • Tissue Engineering / methods*