Vascular endothelial growth factor-165 gene therapy promotes cardiomyogenesis in reperfused myocardial infarction

Journal of Interventional Cardiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 242-251

  Guerrero, Mayra ^a,c   Athota, Krishna ^a   Moy, Jason ^a   Mehta, Laxmi S ^a   Laguens, Ruben ^b   Crottogini, Alberto ^b   Borrelli, Michael ^a   Corry, Peter ^a   Schoenherr, Diane ^a   Gentry, Ralph ^a   Boura, Judith ^a   Grines, Cindy L ^a   Raff, Gilbert L ^a   Shanley, Charles J ^a   O'Neill, William W ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b FAVALORO UNIVERSITY   (Argentina)

^c HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; BROXURIDINE; PLACEBO; VASCULOTROPIN 165;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS 5; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MINIPIG; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOTOMY; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC VECTORS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 43949089854     PISSN: 08964327     EISSN: 15408183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2008.00358.x     Document Type: Article

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