The utility of mesenchymal stem cells as biological pacemakers

Congestive Heart Failure

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 153-156

  Rosen, Michael R ^a,b,c   Brink, Peter R ^b,c   Cohen, Ira S ^a,b,c   Robinson, Richard B ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART; HUMANS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS;

EID: 53049085153     PISSN: 15275299     EISSN: 17517133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7133.2008.08379.x     Document Type: Article

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