Open AccessInduction of Neoangiogenesis in Ischemic Myocardium by Human Growth Factors
Author(s) -
Björn Schumacher,
P Pecher,
B. U. Specht,
Th. Stegmann
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.97.7.645
Subject(s) - medicine , anastomosis , cardiology , fibroblast growth factor , artery , revascularization , angiography , surgery , myocardial infarction , receptor
The present article is a report of our animal experiments and also of the first clinical results of a new treatment for coronary heart disease using the human growth factor FGF-I (basic fibroblast growth factor) to induce neoangiogenesis in the ischemic myocardium.
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