Open AccessSeeing What We Build—The Need for New Imaging Techniques in Myocardial Regeneration
Author(s) -
Sosnovik David E.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of the american heart association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.494
H-Index - 85
ISSN - 2047-9980
DOI - 10.1161/jaha.115.002306
Subject(s) - medicine , regeneration (biology) , cardiology , intensive care medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
The largest experience with stem cell therapy in the heart has been with bone marrow mononuclear cells (BMMCs). Several single‐center studies have shown modest, and in some cases transient, increases in ejection fraction (EF) following BMMC injection in patients with reperfused myocardial