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An optimal gel patch for the injured heart

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A viscoelastic adhesive cardiac patch with optimal mechanical behaviour, determined using a computational model, restores heart function and slows down pathological remodelling following myocardial infarction in rodents.

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Fig. 1: A viscoelastic adhesive cardiac patch.

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  1. These authors contributed equally: Dawn Bannerman, Simon Pascual-Gil.

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  1. Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Dawn Bannerman & Milica Radisic

  2. Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Dawn Bannerman, Simon Pascual-Gil & Milica Radisic

  3. Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Simon Pascual-Gil & Milica Radisic

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Bannerman, D., Pascual-Gil, S. & Radisic, M. An optimal gel patch for the injured heart. Nat Biomed Eng 3, 592–593 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41551-019-0440-1

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