TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Stem Cells for Cardiac Surgical Disease A1 - Johnston, Peter V. A1 - Gerstenblith, Gary A2 - Yuh, David D. A2 - Vricella, Luca A. A2 - Yang, Stephen C. A2 - Doty, John R. PY - 2014 T2 - Johns Hopkins Textbook of Cardiothoracic Surgery AB - There are an estimated 5.8 million people in the United States with heart failure.1Stem cell therapy for the heart represents a novel method by which dysfunctional cardiac tissue might be repaired or replaced, thereby alleviating heart failure and decreasing or eliminating life-threatening arrhythmias.Potential sources of stem cell therapy for the heart include the bone marrow, circulating progenitor cells, embryonic stem cells, and the heart itself.Multiple modalities exist for delivery of stem cell therapy to the heart, including traditional and minimally invasive surgical methods as well as intravenous and percutaneous catheter-based techniques. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/10/15 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1104593900 ER -