%0 Journal Article %T Bioengineering and the cardiovascular system %A Robert M Nerem %J Global Cardiology Science & Practice %D 2012 %I Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Journals %R 10.5339/gcsp.2013.5 %X The development of the modern era of bioengineering and the advances in our understanding of the cardiovascular system have been intertwined over the past one-half century. This is true of bioengineering as an area for research in universities. Bioengineering is ultimately the beginning of a new engineering discipline, as well as a new discipline in the medical device industry. %U http://www.qscience.com/doi/pdf/10.5339/gcsp.2013.5