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Mesh Implant Gives Failing Heart a Boost (2 of 5)

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Mesh Implant Gives Failing Heart a Boost (2 of 5)

image: A photograph of the epicardial mesh encircling a 3D-printed rat heart model. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the June 22, 2016, issue of Science Translational Medicine, published by AAAS. The paper, by Jinkyung Park at Institute for Basic Science in Seoul, Republic of Korea, and colleagues was titled, "Electromechanical cardioplasty using a wrapped elasto-conductive epicardial mesh." view more 

Credit: J. Park <i>et al., Science Translational Medicine</i> (2016)


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