Autologous skeletal myoblasts transplanted to ischemia-damaged myocardium in humans: Histological analysis of cell survival and differentiation

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 879-888

  Pagani, Francis D ^a,e   DerSimonian, Harout ^d   Zawadzka, Agatha ^d   Wetzel, Kristie ^d   Edge, Albert S B ^d   Jacoby, Douglas B ^d   Dinsmore, Jonathan H ^d   Wright, Susan ^a   Aretz, Tom H ^b   Eisen, Howard J ^c   Aaronson, Keith D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GENVEC INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOBLAST; MYOTUBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037420105     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(03)00081-0     Document Type: Article

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