Stem cells to repair the broken heart: Much ado about nothing?

Heart

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1717-1719

  Saha, M ^b   Zbinden, R ^b   Redwood, S R ^b   Marber, Michael S ^a,b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MYOBLAST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

HUMANS; MYOBLASTS, SKELETAL; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 33845267475     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2006.089789     Document Type: Review

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