Heart Rhythm
Volume 7, Issue 12 , Pages 1852-1859 , December 2010

Proarrhythmic risk of embryonic stem cell–derived cardiomyocyte transplantation in infarcted myocardium

  • Song-Yan Liao, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), China
    • Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China
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  • Yuan Liu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), China
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  • Chung-Wah Siu, MBBS

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), China
    • Research Center of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, LKS Faculty of Medicine, Hong Kong, HKSAR, China
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  • Yuelin Zhang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), China
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  • Wing-Hon Lai, MPhil

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), China
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  • Ka-Wing Au, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), China
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  • Yee-Ki Lee, MPhil

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), China
    • ,
  • Yau-Chi Chan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), China
    • Research Center of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, LKS Faculty of Medicine, Hong Kong, HKSAR, China
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  • Pandora Mei-Chu Yip, MPhil

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), China
    • ,
  • Ed X. Wu, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, HKSAR, China
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  • Yin Wu, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, HKSAR, China
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  • Chu-Pak Lau, MD, FHRS

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), China
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  • Ronald A. Li, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), China
    • Research Center of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, LKS Faculty of Medicine, Hong Kong, HKSAR, China
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  • Hung-Fat Tse, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), China
    • Bengbu Medical College, Bengbu, China
    • Research Center of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, LKS Faculty of Medicine, Hong Kong, HKSAR, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Hung-Fat Tse, M.D., Ph.D., Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China

Received 17 April 2010 ,Accepted 4 September 2010.

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 This study was supported by the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong, General Research Fund (nos. HKU 7594/05M, HKU 7769/08M), Outstanding Researcher Award 2007–2008 (to HFT), the National Institutes of Health (no. R01 HL72857 to RAL), and Collaborative Research Fund of Hong Kong Research Grant Council (HKU 8/CRF/09).

 The first two authors contributed equally to this work.

PII: S1547-5271(10)00904-5

doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2010.09.006

Heart Rhythm
Volume 7, Issue 12 , Pages 1852-1859 , December 2010

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