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

M Saha, R Zbinden, S R Redwood, M S Marber

The Cardiovascular Division, King’s College London, The Rayne Institute, St Thomas’ Hospital, London UK

Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Professor Michael Marber
Department of Cardiology, The Rayne Institute, St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK; mike.marber{at}kcl.ac.uk

The long promised benefits of using stem cells for myocardial repair are still awaited

Abbreviations: AMI, acute myocardial infarction; G-CSF, granulocyte-colony stimulating factor; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; SPECT, single photon emission computed tomography

Keywords: myocardial infarction; cardiac regeneration; progenitor cells

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