Strategies for 3D bioprinting of spheroids: A comprehensive review

D Banerjee, YP Singh, P Datta, V Ozbolat, A O'Donnell… - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
Biofabricated tissues have found numerous applications in tissue engineering and
regenerative medicine in addition to the promotion of disease modeling and drug …

Whole-heart tissue engineering and cardiac patches: challenges and promises

A Akbarzadeh, S Sobhani, A Soltani Khaboushan… - Bioengineering, 2023 - mdpi.com
Despite all the advances in preventing, diagnosing, and treating cardiovascular disorders,
they still account for a significant part of mortality and morbidity worldwide. The advent of …

3D bioprinting and its potential impact on cardiac failure treatment: An industry perspective

RK Birla, SK Williams - APL bioengineering, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
ABSTRACT 3D printing technologies are emerging as a disruptive innovation for the
treatment of patients in cardiac failure. The ability to create custom devices, at the point of …

Current state of the art in hypoplastic left heart syndrome

AK Birla, S Brimmer, WD Short, OO Olutoye… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is a complex congenital heart condition in which a
neonate is born with an underdeveloped left ventricle and associated structures. Without …

Design of a fibrin microthread-based composite layer for use in a cardiac patch

MO Chrobak, KJ Hansen, JR Gershlak… - ACS biomaterials …, 2017 - ACS Publications
The ability to modulate the mechanical properties, and cell alignment within a cardiac patch
without hindering cell functionality may have significant impact on developing therapies for …

[HTML][HTML] Cardio-supportive devices (VRD & DCC device) and patches for advanced heart failure: A review, summary of state of the art and future directions

M Naveed, L Han, GJ Khan, S Yasmeen… - Biomedicine & …, 2018 - Elsevier
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a complicated pathophysiological syndrome, leading
cause of hospitalization as well as mortalities in developed countries wherein an irregular …

Generation of bioartificial hearts using decellularized scaffolds and mixed cells

C Tong, C Li, B Xie, M Li, X Li, Z Qi, J Xia - BioMedical Engineering OnLine, 2019 - Springer
Background Patients with end-stage heart failure must receive treatment to recover cardiac
function, and the current primary therapy, heart transplantation, is plagued by the limited …

State of the Art in Purkinje Bioengineering

RK Birla - Tissue and Cell, 2024 - Elsevier
This review article will cover the recent developments in the new evolving field of Purkinje
bioengineering and the development of human Purkinje networks. Recent work has …

Recent advances in biological pumps as a building block for bioartificial hearts

S Brimmer, P Ji, AK Birla, SG Keswani… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The field of biological pumps is a subset of cardiac tissue engineering and focused on the
development of tubular grafts that are designed generate intraluminal pressure. In the …

Current state of the art in ventricle tissue engineering

RK Birla - Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The field of ventricle tissue engineering is focused on bioengineering highly functioning left
ventricles that can be used as model systems for basic cardiology research and for …