Once myocardium dies during a heart attack, it is replaced by scar tissue over the course of
several weeks. The size, location, composition, structure and mechanical properties of the …

Porous biodegradable scaffolds provide a physical substrate for cells allowing them to
attach, proliferate and guide the formation of new tissues. A variety of techniques have been …

Acellular epicardial patches that treat myocardial infarction by increasing the mechanical
integrity of damaged left ventricular tissues exhibit widely scattered therapeutic efficacy …

Advances in biomaterial synthesis and fabrication, stem cell biology, bioimaging,
microsurgery procedures, and microscale technologies have made minimally invasive …

Minimally invasive intervention strategies after myocardial infarction use state‐of‐the‐art
catheter systems that are able to combine map** of the infarcted area with precise, local …

Heart failure or myocardial infarction (MI) is one of the world's leading causes of death. Post
MI, the heart can develop pathological conditions such as ischemia, inflammation, fibrosis …

Recently, carbon nanotubes together with other types of conductive materials have been
used to enhance the viability and function of cardiomyocytes in vitro. Here we demonstrated …

Myocardial tissue engineering, a concept that intends to overcome the obstacles to
prolonging patients' life after myocardial infarction, is continuously improving. It comprises a …

The first review on biomaterials for the treatment of myocardial infarction (MI) was written in
2006. In the last 5 years, the general approaches for biomaterial treatment of MI and …

Myocardial infarction causes almost 7.3 million deaths each year worldwide. However,
current treatments are more palliative than curative. Presently, cell and protein therapies are …