Cardiac stem cell therapy: checkered past, promising future?

J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2014 Dec;148(6):3188-93. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.10.077. Epub 2014 Oct 22.

Authors

John J Squiers¹, Kelley A Hutcheson², Jeffrey E Thatcher³, J Michael DiMaio⁴

Affiliations

¹ University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Tex.
² The Heart Hospital of Baylor, Plano, Tex.
³ Spectral MD, Dallas, Tex.
⁴ Spectral MD, Dallas, Tex; Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Tex. Electronic address: jmdimaio@yahoo.com.

PMID: 25433891
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.10.077

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Animals
Embryonic Stem Cells / drug effects*
Embryonic Stem Cells / transplantation*
Humans
Myocardial Infarction / surgery*
Myocardium / pathology*
Myocytes, Cardiac / drug effects*
Myocytes, Cardiac / transplantation*
Protoporphyrins / pharmacology*
Ventricular Function / drug effects*

Substances

Protoporphyrins
cobaltiprotoporphyrin