Will heart valve tissue engineering change the world?

MH Yacoub, JJM Takkenberg - Nature clinical practice cardiovascular …, 2005 - nature.com
MH Yacoub, JJM Takkenberg
Nature clinical practice cardiovascular medicine, 2005nature.com
The prevalence of valve disease is increasing worldwide. Given the need to reduce the
occurrence of complications experienced with mechanical and tissue valve replacements,
and the realization that normal heart valves perform extremely complex functions, tissue
engineering of heart valves appears to be the next logical step. In this Viewpoint, Magdi
Yacoub and Johanna JM Takkenberg discuss the future of tissue engineered heart valves.
The prevalence of valve disease is increasing worldwide. Given the need to reduce the occurrence of complications experienced with mechanical and tissue valve replacements, and the realization that normal heart valves perform extremely complex functions, tissue engineering of heart valves appears to be the next logical step. In this Viewpoint, Magdi Yacoub and Johanna JM Takkenberg discuss the future of tissue engineered heart valves.
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