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OBJECTIVES:Myocardial infarction (MI) causes significant loss of cardiomyocytes, myocardial tissue damage, and impairment of myocardial function. The inability of cardiomyocytes to proliferate prevents the heart from self-regeneration. The treatment for advanced heart failure following an MI is hear...

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Main Authors: Raiyan T Zaman, Silvan Tuerkcan, Morteza Mahmoudi, Toshinobu Saito, Phillip C Yang, Frederick T Chin, Michael V McConnell, Lei Xing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5819797?pdf=render