Catheter-based intramyocardial injection of autologous skeletal myoblasts as a primary treatment of ischemic heart failure: clinical experience with six-month follow-up.

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Published in J Am Coll Cardiol on December 17, 2003

Authors

Pieter C Smits1, Robert-Jan M van Geuns, Don Poldermans, Manolis Bountioukos, Emile E M Onderwater, Chi Hang Lee, Alex P W M Maat, Patrick W Serruys

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cardiology, Thorax Center, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. p.c.smits@erasmusmc.nl

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