The European Society of Cardiology
Introduction
a Al Virtanen Institute, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
b Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
* Correspondence to: Ylä Herttuala, Department of Molecular Medicine and Gene Therapy Unit, P.O. Box 1627, Kuopio University Hospital, Puijonlaaksontie 2 (P.O. Box 1777), Kuopio 70210, Finland. Tel.: +358-17-162075; fax: +358-17-163030/163751
seppo.ylaherttuala@uku.fi
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The development of angiogenic therapy to treat coronary artery disease (CAD) results from the convergence of two major trends over the past few decades: the increasing incidence of cardiovascular disease with its associated patient morbidity, and the availability of genetic techniques for clinical application.
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