Intramyocardial Delivery of Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cells and Mechanical Assist Device Implantation in Patients with End-Stage Cardiomyopathy
In end-stage heart failure, mechanical ventricular assist devices (VAD) are being used as bridge-to-transplantation, as a bridge-to-recovery, or as the definitive therapy. We tested the hypothesis that myocardial implantation of autologous bone marrow mononuclear cells (BMNC) increases the likelihoo...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2007-10-01
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| Series: | Cell Transplantation |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3727/096368907783338235 |