Bone marrow-derived angioblasts may be used to promote cardiac revascularization in the days following a myocardial infarction (pages 430–436).
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Rosenthal, N., Tsao, L. Helping the heart to heal with stem cells. Nat Med 7, 412–413 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/86472
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