Developing vascularization in cardiac decellularized porcine ECM graft using bioreactor

• Main Author: Wang, Yao
• Other Authors: Subbu S. Venkatraman
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/62522
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The creation of thick cardiac tissue for scar replacement therapy following myocardial infarction (MI) has been hindered by the lack of functional and enduring vascular supply. Most cells do not survive more than a few hundred of micrometers diffusion barrier away from the blood vessel in vivo, henc...