Title :
In the spotlight: cardiovascular engineering
Author :
Trayanova, Natalia
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
fDate :
7/1/1905 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A brief review on the developments towards new therapies arose from cardiovascular tissue engineering and from new mechanistic insight into the function of the cardiovascular system in health and disease obtained by experimentation as well as modeling and simulation are discussed.
Keywords :
cardiovascular system; prosthetics; tissue engineering; cardiovascular engineering; therapy; tissue engineering; Biomedical engineering; Blood vessels; Cardiac disease; Cardiology; Fibroblasts; Heart valves; Humans; Medical treatment; Microstructure; Tissue engineering;
Journal_Title :
Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Reviews in
DOI :
10.1109/RBME.2009.2034695
