Tissue Engineered Heart Pump Development and Assessment

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dc.contributor.advisorBirla, Ravi K.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSchwartz, Robert J.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMay, Elebeoba E.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMcConnell, Bradley K.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberOmurtag, Ahmet
dc.creatorMohamed, Mohamed Ahmed
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-13T20:56:50Z
dc.date.available2018-07-13T20:56:50Z
dc.date.createdMay 2016
dc.date.issued2016-05
dc.date.submittedMay 2016
dc.date.updated2018-07-13T20:56:50Z
dc.description.abstractDevelopment of a natural alternative to cardiac assist devices (CADs) will pave the way to a heart failure therapy which overcomes the disadvantages of current mechanical devices. Through implementation of the three principles of tissue engineering, cell sourcing, material scaffolding, and bioreactors, development of a tissue engineered heart pump (TEHP) can be a viable biological CAD option. An experimental model of a TEHP was first fabricated by wrapping artificial heart muscle (AHM), composed of rat neonatal cardiac cells on the surface of a fibrin gel, around an acellular goat carotid artery (GCA) and a chitosan hollow cylinder (CHC) scaffold in various configurations. Histological assessments revealed the presence of cardiac cell layer cohesion and adhesion, as well as retention of cardiac myocyte phenotype. Biopotential measurements revealed the presence of ~2.5 Hz rhythmic propagation of action potential throughout the TEHP. A more clinically applicable TEHP was then fabricated by use of human adipose derived mesenchymal cells (hADMCs), which have been programmed towards a cardiac lineage, in conjunction with a chitosan scaffold imbued with purified porcine extracellular matrix proteins. The second generation TEHP was lined with human endothelial cells and conditioned with pulsatile flow and electrical stimulus. As a result, hADMCs were further matured along their cardiac potential and the TEHPs they embodied formed the foundation for biological CADs.
dc.description.departmentBiomedical Engineering, Department of
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dc.identifier.citationPortions of this document appear in: Tao, Ze-Wei, Mohamed Mohamed, Matthew Hogan, Betsy Salazar, Nikita M. Patel, and Ravi K. Birla. "Establishing the framework for fabrication of a bioartificial heart." Asaio Journal 61, no. 4 (2015): 429-436. doi: 10.1097/MAT.0000000000000233; and in: Tao, Ze‐Wei, Mohamed Mohamed, Matthew Hogan, Laura Gutierrez, and Ravi K. Birla. "Optimizing a spontaneously contracting heart tissue patch with rat neonatal cardiac cells on fibrin gel." Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine 11, no. 1 (2017): 153-163. DOI: 10.1002/term.1895.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10657/3258
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectTissue Engineering
dc.subjectCardiovascular
dc.subjectBioengineering
dc.titleTissue Engineered Heart Pump Development and Assessment
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dc.type.genreThesis
thesis.degree.collegeCollege of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
thesis.degree.departmentBiomedical Engineering, Department of
thesis.degree.disciplineBiomedical Engineering
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy

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