Preclinical Evaluation of Biopolymer-Delivered Circulating Angiogenic Cells in a Swine Model of Hibernating Myocardium
Author(s) -
Céline Giordano,
Stephanie Thorn,
Jennifer M. Renaud,
Talal AlAtassi,
Munir Boodhwani,
Ran Klein,
Drew Kuraitis,
Girish Dwivedi,
Pingchuan Zhang,
Jean N. DaSilva,
Kathryn J. Ascah,
Robert A. deKemp,
Erik J. Suuronen,
Rob Beanlands,
Marc Ruel
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
circulation cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.584
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 1942-0080
pISSN - 1941-9651
DOI - 10.1161/circimaging.113.000185
Subject(s) - hibernating myocardium , medicine , cardiology , revascularization , coronary artery disease , context (archaeology) , perfusion , blood flow , positron emission tomography , coronary circulation , hibernation (computing) , circumflex , ejection fraction , myocardial infarction , angiogenesis , artery , nuclear medicine , heart failure , biology , paleontology , state (computer science) , algorithm , computer science
Vasculogenic cell-based therapy combined with tissue engineering is a promising revascularization approach targeted at patients with advanced coronary artery disease, many of whom exhibit myocardial hibernation. However, to date, no experimental data have been available in this context; we therefore examined the biopolymer-supported delivery of circulating angiogenic cells using a clinically relevant swine model of hibernating myocardium.
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