Long-term outcome of a dilated cardiomyopathy patient after mitral valve surgery combined with tissue-engineered myoblast sheets—report of a case

Long-term outcome of a dilated cardiomyopathy patient after mitral valve surgery combined with tissue-engineered myoblast sheets—report of a case

Abstract Background Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a life-threatening heart muscle disease characterized by progressive heart failure, which often requires left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation or heart transplantation (HTx). A tissue engineering strategy using cell sheets for end-stag...

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Main Authors: Shigeru Miyagawa, Keitaro Domae, Satoshi Kainuma, Ryouhei Matsuura, Daisuke Yoshioka, Hiroki Hata, Yasushi Yoshikawa, Koichi Toda, Yoshiki Sawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-12-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
Subjects:
Cell
DCM
Tissue engineering
LVAD
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-018-0549-6

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