Microenvironmental stimulation of cardiac progenitor cells

Heart failure, predominately caused by myocardial infarction (MI), is the leading cause of death in the United States. Currently the only treatment for heart failure is cardiac transplantation, but studies show that progenitor cell, biomaterial, or combined therapies have improved cardiac function...

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Main Author: French, Kristin Marie
Other Authors: Davis, Michael E.
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1853/53867