title: [Research progress of myocardial tissue engineering scaffold materials].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To review the current status and problems in the developing scaffolds for the myocardial tissue engineering application.
  
  
  METHODS
  The literature concerning the myocardial tissue engineering scaffold in recent years was reviewed extensively and summarized.
  
  
  RESULTS
  As one of three elements for tissue engineering, a proper scaffold is very important for the proliferation and differentiation of the seeding cells. The naturally derived and synthetic extracellular matrix (ECM) materials aim to closely resemble the in vivo microenvironment by acting as an active component of the developing tissue construct in myocardial tissue engineering. With the advent and continuous refinement of cell removal techniques, a new class of native ECM has emerged with some striking advantages.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Through using the principle of composite scaffold, computers and other high-technology nano-polymer technology, surface modification of traditional biological materials in myocardial tissue engineering are expected to provide ideal myocardial scaffolds.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, the Affiliated Hospital, Luzhou Medical College, Luzhou Sichuan, 646000, P.R.China.
authors.forename: Yibing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liao
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D006801:Humans; D008422:Materials Testing; D009206:Myocardium; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods*; D054457:Tissue Scaffolds
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials