Stem cells transplantation combined with long-term mechanical circulatory support enhances myocardial viability in end-stage ischemic cardiomyopathy

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Anastasiadis, Kyriakos ^a   Antonitsis, Polychronis ^a   Doumas, Argirios ^b   Koliakos, Georgios ^b   Argiriadou, Helena ^a   Vaitsopoulou, Christina ^a   Tossios, Paschalis ^a   Papakonstantinou, Christos ^a   Westaby, Stephen ^c  

^a AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Ischemic cardiomyopathy; Mechanical circulatory support; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

THALLIUM;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DEFIBRILLATOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INOTROPISM; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTIGRAPHY;

EID: 84857788447     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.07.062     Document Type: Article

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