Endothelial progenitor cell therapy for the treatment of coronary disease, acute MI, and pulmonary arterial hypertension: Current perspectives

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 983-998

  Ward, Michael R ^a,b   Stewart, Duncan J ^a,b,c   Kutryk, Michael J B ^a,c,d  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Queen Wing   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Gene therapy; Percutaneous coronary intervention; Restenosis

Indexed keywords

GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ANGIOGENESIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROSTHESIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; REVIEW; STEM CELL MOBILIZATION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STENT;

ANGIOGENIC PROTEINS; ANIMALS; CORONARY DISEASE; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GENE THERAPY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38049089839     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.21302     Document Type: Review

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