title: Thoracic transplantation and stem cell therapy.
abstract: Lung and heart transplantations are accepted standard therapies for end stage diseases and will maintain their importancy in the future. Potentially, transplantation at a cellular level using various forms of stem cells becomes an additional therapeutic approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Medical University Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A- 1090 Vienna, Austria. walter.klepetko@meduniwien.ac.at
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Klepetko
authors.forename: Günther
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Laufer
authors.forename: Alfred
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kocher
mesh_terms: D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D016041:Heart-Lung Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D007108:Immune Tolerance; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement