title: Cellular cardiomyoplasty--cardiomyocytes, skeletal myoblasts, or stem cells for regenerating myocardium and treatment of heart failure?
authors.affiliation: The Heart Institute, Good Samaritan Hospital, Cardiovascular Division, University of Southern California, 1225 Wilshire Boulevard, 90017-2395, Los Angeles, CA, USA
authors.forename: Thorsten
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Reffelmann
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Kloner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002455:Cell Division; D002470:Cell Survival; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D015316:Genetic Therapy / Q000379:methods; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D023421:Models, Animal; D032446:Myoblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000637:transplantation*; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000166:cytology / Q000637:transplantation*; D012038:Regeneration; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000379:methods*