True or False. In general, as the ventricle becomes stiffer, the diastolic pressure decreases.

An active 60 year old patient with a normal body habitus has an E wave velocity lower than the A wave.  What is the most likely cause of this patient’s diastolic dysfunction?

What methods are used to identify diastolic dysfunction?  Choose the best answer.

Match the measurement to the definition.

Transduction is the process whereby foreign DNA is introduced into another cell via a non-viral method.   

List 4 specific scaffold properties required for vascular tissue engineering:  

What is a better method of adding growth factors to your scaffold (ie, drug loading method) that could be used instead and why is it better? 

Hollow fiber bioreactors provide poor mass transfer but low shear stress.

These two communication tools vary when it comes to cultural and linguistic groups.

Name two disadvantages of pipetting growth factors into a scaffold.