RESEARCH ARTICLE
Animal Models of Cardiac Disease and Stem Cell Therapy
Lailiang Ou1, 2, #, Wenzhong Li2, #, *, Yi Liu1, #, Yue Zhang2, #, Shen Jie2, 3, #, Deling Kong1, Gustav Steinhoff2, Nan Ma2, 4
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2010Volume: 4
First Page: 231
Last Page: 239
Publisher ID: TOCMJ-4-231
DOI: 10.2174/1874192401004010231
Article History:
Received Date: 13/9/2010Revision Received Date: 30/9/2010
Acceptance Date: 4/10/2010
Electronic publication date: 26/11/2010
Collection year: 2010

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Abstract
Animal models that mimic cardiovascular diseases are indispensable tools for understanding the mechanisms underlying the diseases at the cellular and molecular level. This review focuses on various methods in preclinical research to create small animal models of cardiac diseases, such as myocardial infarction, dilated cardiomyopathy, heart failure, myocarditis and cardiac hypertrophy, and the related stem cell treatment for these diseases.