Impact of procedural variability and study design quality on the efficacy of cell-based therapies for heart failure - a meta-analysis

• Zhiyi Xu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Berlin Institute of Health Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Sebastian Neuber,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Berlin Institute of Health Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany, German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Timo Nazari-Shafti,

  Roles Data curation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Berlin Institute of Health Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany, German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Berlin Institute of Health at Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Zihou Liu,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Berlin Institute of Health Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Fengquan Dong,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Shenzhen University General Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

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• Christof Stamm

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: stamm@dhzb.de

  Affiliations Berlin Institute of Health Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany, German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, Partner Site Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Helmholtz Zentrum Geesthacht, Institut für Aktive Polymere, Teltow, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3035-2106

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