Direct intramyocardial transthoracic transplantation of bone marrow mononuclear cells for non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy: INTRACELL, a prospective randomized controlled trial

Objective: We tested the hypothesis that direct intramyocardial injection of bone marrow mononuclear cells in patients with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy can improve left ventricular function and physical capacity. Methods: Thirty non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy patients with left ventri...

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Main Authors: Roberto T. Sant'Anna, James Fracasso, Felipe H. Valle, Iran Castro, Nance B. Nardi, João Ricardo M. Sant'Anna, Ivo Abrahão Nesralla, Renato A. K. Kalil
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular 2014-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-76382014000300437&lng=en&tlng=en