Application status of tissue engineering in cardiovascular diseases / 解放军医学杂志

ABSTRACT

With the continuously increasing of the elderly population, cardiovascular diseases have gradually become the main cause of death of the elderly. Traditional treatments can only temporarily relieve the clinical symptoms of patients, but can't solve the problem fundamentally. The emergence of tissue engineering technology provides a new approach for treating cardiovascular diseases, which is to plant the cells on biodegradable scaffold materials and, in turn, play a role of extracellular matrix. The present paper will describe the application of tissue engineering technology in myocardium, heart valve and blood vessels to understand the role of tissue engineering technology in cardiovascular diseases, and provide new ideas and treatments for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.