Tissue engineered heart valves: moving towards clinical translation

Expert Rev Med Devices. 2016 May;13(5):417-9. doi: 10.1586/17434440.2016.1171709. Epub 2016 Apr 7.

Authors

Maximilian Y Emmert^{1

2

3}, Simon P Hoerstrup^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ a Institute for Regenerative Medicine (IREM) , University of Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland.
² b Heart Center Zurich , University Hospital Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland.
³ c Wyss Translational Center Zurich , Zurich , Switzerland.

PMID: 27052826
DOI: 10.1586/17434440.2016.1171709

No abstract available

Keywords: Tissue engineered heart valves; clinical translation; off-the-shelf; remodeling; self-repair capacity.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Animals
Heart Valve Prosthesis*
Heart Valves / physiology*
Humans
Tissue Engineering / methods*
Tissue Scaffolds / chemistry
Translational Research, Biomedical*