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Circulating Endothelial Progenitor Cells: Potential Biomarkers for Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
Journal of cardiovascular translational research - 1 Feb 2016
Roura Santiago, Gálvez-Montón Carolina, Fernández Marco A, Lupón Josep, Bayes-Genis Antoni
Abstract excerpt
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) remains the most frequent cause of cardiac transplant and thus results in an enormous cost burden for health care systems worldwide. Although DCM is thought to be induced mainly by genetic and/or environmental factors, the cause is unknown in the majority of cases, giving rise to the term idiopathic DCM. Marked cardiac endothelial changes are associated with disease progression and...
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