Conductive biomaterials in cardiac tissue engineering
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Biomaterials for Cardiac Tissue Engineering
Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are a leading death cause in developed countries (1 of every 3 deaths in the United States in 2008) [1]. Changes in diet and habits are causing CVD to become major mortality pathologies in developing countries too [2] (they are already responsible for a 30% of the world deaths). This group of diseases constitutes a great burden for the national health systems, cons...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Biotarget
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2522-669X
DOI: 10.21037/biotarget.2017.08.01