Open AccessCover Picture: Recent fabrications and applications of cardiac patch in myocardial infarction treatment (View 2/2022)
Author(s) -
Li Mei,
Wu Hao,
Yuan Yuehui,
Hu Benhui,
Gu Ning
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
eISSN - 2688-268X
pISSN - 2688-3988
DOI - 10.1002/viw2.208
Subject(s) - myocardial infarction , microvesicles , cardiac function curve , cardiology , medicine , function (biology) , biomedical engineering , microrna , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , biology , heart failure , gene , biochemistry
In article number 20200153, Ning Gu, Benhui Hu and their co‐workers have shown that cardiac patches carrying cells, exosomes or gene can provide beneficial factors, mechanical support or electrical integration with the damaged heart in situ on the epicardium to help repair myocardial tissue and restore cardiac function.