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posted on 2019-03-01, 14:51 authored by Marcel Ricklefs, Sotiris KorossisSotiris Korossis, Axel Haverich, Tobias SchillingThe reconstruction or replacement of diseased heart valves, the revascularisation of coronary arteries by coronary artery bypass grafting, the replacement of the central or peripheral blood vessels, and the reconstruction of the irreversibly damaged heart muscle
represent the most common fields of application of cardiovascular surgery. In such cases,
the diseased tissue is replaced by either a synthetic (metallic or polymeric) or a biological
(xenograft, homograft, or autograft) prosthesis, or tissue engineered constructs. The aim
of this book chapter is to give an overview over the most frequently used synthetic and
biologic polymers as scaffold material in cardiovascular surgery.
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