Towards a Tissue-Engineered Contractile Fontan-Conduit: The Fate of Cardiac Myocytes in the Subpulmonary Circulation

Daniel Biermann; Alexandra Eder; Florian Arndt; Hatim Seoudy; Hermann Reichenspurner; Thomas Mir; Arlindo Riso; Rainer Kozlik-Feldmann; Kersten Peldschus; Michael G. Kaul; Tillman Schuler; Susanne Krasemann; Arne Hansen; Thomas Eschenhagen; Jörg S. Sachweh

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0166963

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Towards a Tissue-Engineered Contractile Fontan-Conduit: The Fate of Cardiac Myocytes in the Subpulmonary Circulation

Daniel Biermann ,

* E-mail: d.biermann@uke.de

Affiliation Cardiac Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease, University Heart Center Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Alexandra Eder,

Affiliations Department of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
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Florian Arndt,

Affiliation Department for Paediatric Cardiology, University Heart Center Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Hatim Seoudy,

Affiliation Department for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart Center Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Hermann Reichenspurner,

Affiliations Department for Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart Center Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
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Thomas Mir,

Affiliation Department for Paediatric Cardiology, University Heart Center Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Arlindo Riso,

Affiliation Cardiac Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease, University Heart Center Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Rainer Kozlik-Feldmann,

Affiliation Department for Paediatric Cardiology, University Heart Center Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Kersten Peldschus,

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Michael G. Kaul,

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Tillman Schuler,

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Susanne Krasemann,

Affiliation Institute of Neuropathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Arne Hansen,

Affiliations Department of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
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Thomas Eschenhagen,

Affiliations Department of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany, DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany
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Jörg S. Sachweh

Affiliation Cardiac Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease, University Heart Center Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Towards a Tissue-Engineered Contractile Fontan-Conduit: The Fate of Cardiac Myocytes in the Subpulmonary Circulation

Daniel Biermann,
Alexandra Eder,
Florian Arndt,
Hatim Seoudy,
Hermann Reichenspurner,
Thomas Mir,
Arlindo Riso,
Rainer Kozlik-Feldmann,
Kersten Peldschus,
Michael G. Kaul

Published: November 22, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0166963

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