American Heart Association, Circulation Research, 5(110), p. 701-715, 2012
DOI: 10.1161/circresaha.111.259507
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Embryonic and fetal myocardial growth is characterized by a dramatic increase in myocyte number, but whether the expansion of the myocyte compartment is dictated by activation and commitment of resident cardiac stem cells (CSCs), division of immature myocytes or both is currently unknown.