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Collagen-based scaffolds for heart valve tissue engineering
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Tissue engineered heart valve (TEHV) is believed to be a promising candidate for curative heart valve replacements. Collagen, elastin and chondroitin-4-sulfate (C4S) comprise the extra-cellular matrix (ECM) of native heart valves and therefore are suitable materials for TEHV scaffolds.
Freeze-drying technique was able to produce scaffolds with relative densities of 0.3%-2.0% and pore sizes of 33.2µm-201.5µm, without having any major effects on the ultra-structures on the scaffold ma...
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- 2013
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- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- Oxford University, UK
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English
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- Chen, Q
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- 2013
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