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A Factor Underlying Late-Phase Arrhythmogenicity After Cell Therapy to the Heart
Author(s) -
Steven R. Coppen,
Satsuki Fukushima,
Yasunori Shintani,
Kunihiko Takahashi,
Anabel VarelaCarver,
Husein K. Salem,
Kenta Yashiro,
Magdi H. Yacoub,
Ken Suzuki
Publication year - 2008
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/circulationaha.107.779629
Subject(s) - medicine , ejection fraction , heart failure , cardiology , downregulation and upregulation , ventricular tachycardia , cell , endocrinology , biology , gene , biochemistry , genetics
Arrhythmia occurrence is a variable but serious concern of cell therapy for treating heart failure. Using a rat postinfarction chronic heart failure model, we compared skeletal myoblast (SMB) with bone marrow cell (BMC) injection to highlight donor cell-specific, late-phase arrhythmogenesis and the underlying factors.

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