A single bolus of a long-acting erythropoietin analogue darbepoetin alfa in patients with acute myocardial infarction: A randomized feasibility and safety study

Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-141

  Lipšic, Erik ^a,c   Van Der Meer, Peter ^a   Voors, Adriaan A ^a   Daan Westenbrink, B ^a   Van Den Heuvel, Ad F M ^a   De Boer, Hetty C ^b   Van Zonneveld, Anton J ^b   Schoemaker, Regien G ^a   Van Gilst, Wiek H ^a   Zijlstra, Felix ^a   Van Veldhuisen, Dirk J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Endothelial progenitor cells; Erythropoietin

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; ERYTHROPOIETIN; LONG ACTING DRUG; NOVEL ERYTHROPOIESIS STIMULATING PROTEIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEM CELL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; ANTIGENS, CD34; ANTIGENS, CD45; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD PLATELETS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETICULOCYTES; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745025709     PISSN: 09203206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10557-006-7680-5     Document Type: Article

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