Cardiac development: from current understanding to new regenerative concepts

Stefanie A Doppler¹, Rüdiger Lange^{1

2}, Karl-Ludwig Laugwitz^{2

3}, Markus Krane^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Division of Experimental Surgery, German Heart Center Munich, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.
² DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany.
³ I. Department of Medicine (Cardiology), Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München, Munich, Germany.

Editorial

Stefanie A Doppler et al. J Thorac Dis. 2017 Mar.

. 2017 Mar;9(Suppl 1):S1-S4.

doi: 10.21037/jtd.2017.03.131.

Stefanie A Doppler¹, Rüdiger Lange^{1

2}, Karl-Ludwig Laugwitz^{2

3}, Markus Krane^{1

2}

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Division of Experimental Surgery, German Heart Center Munich, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany.
² DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany.
³ I. Department of Medicine (Cardiology), Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität München, Munich, Germany.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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