Mesenchymal stem cells for cardiac repair: are the actors ready for the clinical scenario?

Abstract For years, sufficient progress has been made in treating heart failure following myocardial infarction; however, the social and economic burdens and the costs to world health systems remain high. Moreover, treatment advances have not resolved the underlying problem of functional heart tissu...

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Main Authors: Santiago Roura, Carolina Gálvez-Montón, Clémentine Mirabel, Joaquim Vives, Antoni Bayes-Genis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:Stem Cell Research & Therapy
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13287-017-0695-y