Stem cell therapies for myocardial infarction in clinical trials: bioengineering and biomaterial aspects

• Main Authors: Higuchi, Akon, Ku, Nien-Ju, Tseng, Yeh-Chia, Pan, Chih-Hsien, Li, Hsing-Fen, Kumar, S. Suresh, Ling, Qing-Dong, Chang, Yung, Alarfaj, Abdullah A., Munusamy, Murugan A., Benelli, Giovanni, Murugan, Kadarkarai
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63288/1/Stem%20cell%20therapies%20for%20myocardial%20infarction%20in%20clinical%20trials.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/63288/

Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death and disability in advanced countries. Stem cell transplantation has emerged as a promising therapeutic strategy for acute and chronic ischemic cardiomyopathy. The current status of stem cell therapies for patients with myocardial infarction i...