Figure 2From: Biodegradable materials for surgical management of infective endocarditis: new solution or a dead end street? ECM harvested from porcine urinary bladder. This thin (60 uM) sheet of ECM is entirely free of any cellular component, has a multidirectional tensile strength of approximately 40 N, and has not been chemically cross linked or modified from its native structure. Reproduced with permission from Badylak et al [43].Back to article page