%0 Journal Article %T Biomaterials and heart recovery: cardiac repair, regeneration and healing in the MCS era: a state of the ¡°heart¡± %A Andrea Montalto %A Antonio Loforte %A Cristiano Amarelli %A Francesco Musumeci %A Sveva Di Franco %J SCIE-indexed Journal %D 2018 %R 10.21037/jtd.2018.01.85 %X Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) represent, nowadays, a relevant cause of mortality and morbidity all over the word. Approximately 17.8 million people died from CVD in 2015 and this number is estimated to reach to 22.2 million by 2030 (1) %U http://jtd.amegroups.com/article/view/19026/html