Development of a Multifunctional Needle for Percutaneous Heart Biopsy and Cell Therapy. A Technical Note

Abstract Validation of transendocardial injection as a method for delivering therapeutic agents to the diseased heart is increasing. Puncture heart biopsies should re-emerge as a possible alternative method to allow access to the myocardium and implantable biomaterial for cell therapy. Therefore, th...

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Main Authors: Nathan Valle Soubihe Junior, Agnes Afrodite S. Albuquerque, Livia Arcêncio, José Antonio Thomazini, Andre Schmidt, Paulo Roberto B. Evora
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382016000600465&lng=en&tlng=en