Percutaneous transplantation of skeletal myoblast in the treatment of post-infarction injury

Tomasz Siminiak, Emanuele Meliga, Olga Jerzykowska, Patrick W. Serruys

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Abstract

Cell therapy may be a potentially attractive approach to restore myocardial contractile performance after an infarction injury. Multipotent stem cells are currently being studied as a possible cell source for myocardial repair within the first few days after the infarction onset in non-revascularizable areas of the left ventricle having viable myocardium. In the presence of fibrotic post-infarction scar with no detectable myocardial viability, direct myocyte precursors, i.e. myoblasts, are being considered as a potential source of new muscle fibres. We review the current clinical experience with transplantation of the autologous skeletal myoblasts in patients with post-infarction heart failure, focusing on percutaneous cell transplantations performed as a sole procedure.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)H57-H64
JournalEuropean Heart Journal, Supplement
Volume8
Issue numberH
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2006
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Catheter systems
  • Cell transplantation
  • Heart failure
  • Myoblasts

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