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General Overview of the Seventh International Symposium on Stem Cell Therapy and Cardiovascular Innovations

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The Seventh International Symposium on Stem Cell Therapy and Cardiovascular Innovations was held in Madrid on the 6th and 7th of May 2010. Gathering for the seventh consecutive year the most relevant researchers and opinion leaders on cardiovascular cell therapy, it has become the most important worldwide event on this field. A comprehensive review of the last developments on cell therapy, surgery for heart failure and tissue engineering was made, and the results of three clinical trials were reported. The Symposium was dedicated to the memory of Professor Helmut Drexler.

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The International Symposium on Stem Cell Therapy and Cardiovascular Innovations could never take place without the enthusiastic work of physicians, nurses, technicians, and administrative staff of the Hospital Gregorio Marañón. The authors of this article wish to acknowledge very specially the ever outstanding work of Ana Fernández Baza.

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  1. Cardiology Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, C/Doctor Esquerdo 46, 28007, Madrid, Spain

    Enrique Gutiérrez, Ricardo Sanz-Ruiz, Eugenia Vázquez Álvarez, Adolfo Villa, Lucia Fernández, Sandra Vázquez, José Lorenzo, Pedro L. Sánchez & Francisco Fernández-Avilés

  2. Cell Processing Unit, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain

    Eugenia Fernández-Santos

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Gutiérrez, E., Sanz-Ruiz, R., Álvarez, E.V. et al. General Overview of the Seventh International Symposium on Stem Cell Therapy and Cardiovascular Innovations. J. of Cardiovasc. Trans. Res. 4, 115–120 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12265-010-9247-x

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