Intramyocardial Injection of Pig Pluripotent Stem Cells Improves Left Ventricular Function and Perfusion: A Study in a Porcine Model of Acute Myocardial Infarction

Xiaorong Li; Fengxiang Zhang; Guixian Song; Weijuan Gu; Minglong Chen; Bing Yang; Dianfu Li; Daowu Wang; Kejiang Cao

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0066688

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Intramyocardial Injection of Pig Pluripotent Stem Cells Improves Left Ventricular Function and Perfusion: A Study in a Porcine Model of Acute Myocardial Infarction

Xiaorong Li ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaorong Li, Fengxiang Zhang

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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Fengxiang Zhang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiaorong Li, Fengxiang Zhang

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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Guixian Song,

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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Weijuan Gu,

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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Minglong Chen,

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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Bing Yang,

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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Dianfu Li,

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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Daowu Wang,

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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Kejiang Cao

* E-mail: kjcao@njmu.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China
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Intramyocardial Injection of Pig Pluripotent Stem Cells Improves Left Ventricular Function and Perfusion: A Study in a Porcine Model of Acute Myocardial Infarction

Xiaorong Li,
Fengxiang Zhang,
Guixian Song,
Weijuan Gu,
Minglong Chen,
Bing Yang,
Dianfu Li,
Daowu Wang,
Kejiang Cao

Published: June 21, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0066688

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