Toward the realization of cardiac regenerative medicine using pluripotent stem cells

• Main Authors: Yoshikazu Kishino (Author), Jun Fujita (Author), Shugo Tohyama (Author), Marina Okada (Author), Sho Tanosaki (Author), Shota Someya (Author), Keiichi Fukuda (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Heart transplantation (HT) is the only radical treatment available for patients with end-stage heart failure that is refractory to optimal medical treatment and device therapies. However, HT as a therapeutic option is limited by marked donor shortage. To overcome this difficulty, regenerati...