Stem cells as therapy for cardiac disease — a review

Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is one of the most significant causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Stem cells represent an enormous chance to rebuild damaged heart tissue. Correct definition of the cardiac progenitors is necessary to understand heart development, and would pave the way fo...

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Main Authors: Marek Kajetan Jurkowski, Anna Tutas, Dorota Mystkowska, Katarzyna Jezierska-Woźniak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Via Medica 2011-04-01
Series:Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica
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Online Access:http://czasopisma.viamedica.pl/fhc/article/view/4139