Fig. 9From: Challenges of aortic valve tissue culture – maintenance of viability and extracellular matrix in the pulsatile dynamic microphysiological systemMass reduction and tissue shrinkage in AV tissue culture settings: A pAV tissue mass was measured at the beginning of the experiment and after 14 days of incubation; B Cross section areas before and after the experiment (14 days) were opposed (n = 6; two-way-ANOVA; * p < 0.05; no significance shown for lysis control)Back to article page