Essential Guide to Cardiac Cell Therapy is a comprehensive but understandable resource that makes this exciting field accessible to clinical practitioners.

Features:

• Bridges the gap between basic science and practice
• Useful introduction to the area as well as a cutting-edge update of the developments in stem cell therapy as applied to cardiovascular disease

Contents

1. Understand Stem Cells
2. Welcome to Stem Cells: What Are They and What Can They Do
3. Understanding the Basics of Embryonic Stems Cells and Cloning
4. Understanding the Basics of Pathological Assessment in Experimental Models of Stem Cell Therapies
5. Controversies in Cardiac Stem Cell Therapy: The Histopathology Perspective
6. Applying Stem Cells
7. Overview of Stem Cell Applications
8. Mesenchymal Lineage Progenitor Cells For Vascular Network and Cardiac Muscle Formation
9. Clinical Experience with Skeletal Myoblast Treatment
10. Clinical Experience With Skeletal Myoblast Treatment
11. The Basics of Bone Marrow and Peripheral Blood-Derived Stem Cells
12. Understanding the Basics of Clinical Imaging for Assessing Stem Cell Therapy in the Heart
13. Modalities for Therapeutic Delivery of Stem Cell Therapy
14. Angiogenesis and Cell Therapy for Peripheral Arterial Disease
15. Clinical Utilization of Stem Cell Therapy in Acute Myocardial Infarction
16. Clinical Utilization of Stem Cell Therapy in Myocardial Ischemia
17. Concerns Regarding Stem Cell Therapy From the Clinical Perspective
18. Future Perspective in Stem Cell Therapy

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