Advances in Cell Transplantation Therapy for Diseased Myocardium
The overall objective of cell transplantation is to repopulate postinfarction scar with contractile cells, thus improving systolic function, and to prevent or to regress the remodeling process. Direct implantation of isolated myoblasts, cardiomyocytes, and bone-marrow-derived cells has shown prospec...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2011-01-01
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Series: | Stem Cells International |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/679171 |