Alternatives to heart transplantation: Integration of biology with surgery

Frontiers in Bioscience - Elite

Volumn 3 E, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 635-647

  Herreros, Jesus ^a   Trainini, Jorge C ^b   Chachques, Juan Carlos ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^b Hospital Eva Peron   (Argentina)

^c HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiomyoplasty; Heart failure; Heart transplantation; Immunoadsorption; Left ventricular restoration; Review; Stem cell therapy; Tissue engineering; Ventricular assist devices

Indexed keywords

ACTININ; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE (POTASSIUM SODIUM); AUTOANTIBODY; BETA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; BETA TUBULIN; CALCIUM; CARDIAC MYOSIN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; CYTIDINE PHOSPHATE; ELASTIN; FIBRONECTIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; LAMININ; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PEPTIDE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN C FOS; SEPHAROSE; SPECTRIN; TROPONIN C; TROPONIN T; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; ASSISTED CIRCULATION; BIOLOGY; BONE MARROW; CARDIOMYOPLASTY; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT DEPENDENT CYTOTOXICITY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HEART; HEART FAILURE; HEART GRAFT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART PAPILLARY MUSCLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOADSORPTION; INTEGRATION; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MITRAL ANNULOPLASTY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; MYOBLAST; NONISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROGNOSIS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SURGERY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; WALL STRESS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART VENTRICLE; METHODOLOGY; MITRAL VALVE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

CARDIOMYOPLASTY; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLES; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; IMMUNOSORBENT TECHNIQUES; MITRAL VALVE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 79957795137     PISSN: 19450494     EISSN: 19450508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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