Regenerative medicine in cardiovascular disease

Regenerative medicine is considered as an effective method for repairing various injured organs or tissues in the near further. The cardiovascular diseases are one of the most focused clinical applications of regenerative medicine, targeting mainly the repair of injured vessel for the treatment of ischemic diseases and the regeneration of damaged myocardium for the treatment of heart failure. The former could be done by inducing therapeutic angiogenesis to develop microvessel, or by surgical grafting with tissue-engineered graft to reconstruct blood vessel. On the other hand, the regeneration of the damaged myocardium could be done by implanting cardiomyocytes or other cells. We presented the up-date research and clinical application, and also discussed the strategy of regenerative therapy for cardiovascular diseases.

再生医学

心筋再生

血管新生

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