Improvement of myocardial perfusion reserve detected by cardiovascular magnetic resonance after direct endomyocardial implantation of autologous bone marrow cells in patients with severe coronary artery disease

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Recent studies suggested that bone marrow (BM) cell implantation in patients with severe chronic coronary artery disease (CAD) resulted in modest improvement in symptoms and cardiac function. This study sought to investigate the func...

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Main Authors: Lau Chu-Pak, Kwong Raymond Y, Kwong Yok-Lam, Chan Carmen, Tse Hung-Fat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
Online Access:http://www.jcmr-online.com/content/12/1/6