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Intelligent materials for in-situ heart Valve tissue engineering (IMAVALVE)

Start date: Jan 1, 2014, End date: Dec 31, 2017,

In situ tissue engineering using a biodegradable synthetic scaffold that recruits endogenous cells from the bloodstream is emerging as a promising technology to create living heart valves inside the human body having the potential to last a life-time: one valve for life. Compared to classical tissue engineered heart valves this new technology demonstrates off-the-shelf availability at substantiall ...
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Improvement of the clinical applicability of tissue-engineered vascular grafts, as new regenerative therapy for children with congenital cardiovascular malformations (LIVAGRAFT)

Start date: Mar 1, 2014, End date: Feb 29, 2016,

Currently available artificial graft prostheses for congenital disorders lack the capacity of growth and often require complex and reconstructive surgical interventions. As a consequence, repetitive and high-risk surgical interventions during childhood are inescapable, associated with increased morbidity and mortality. This not only raises enormous costs for the society, but compromises the qualit ...
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Living autologous heart valves for minimally invasive implantable procedures (LIFEVALVE)

Start date: Nov 1, 2009, End date: Apr 30, 2015,

Cardiovascular disease still represents the Killer No.1 in the EU accounting for substantial morbidity/mortality and health care cost. Heart valve replacement represents the most common surgical therapy for valvular heart disease with almost 200.000 annual implantations worldwide. Currently, heart valve prosthesis-associated problems occur in 30-35% of patients within 10 years, frequently necessit ...
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