Evidence for neoangiogenesis in the ischemic human heart after mechanical support and autologous bone marrow stem cell implantation

J Heart Lung Transplant. 2015 Sep;34(9):1208-10. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2014.11.014. Epub 2014 Nov 18.

Authors

Kyriakos Anastasiadis¹, Polychronis Antonitsis¹, Triantafyllia Koletsa², Ioannis Kostopoulos², Stephen Westaby³

Affiliations

¹ Cardiothoracic Department, AHEPA University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
² Department of Pathology, Medical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
³ Oxford Heart Centre, The John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, United Kingdom.

PMID: 25612861
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2014.11.014

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Angiogenesis Inducing Agents*
Autografts
Bone Marrow Cells / physiology*
Bone Marrow Transplantation*
Cardiomyopathies / therapy*
Heart-Assist Devices*
Humans
Myocardium / pathology
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / physiology

Substances

Angiogenesis Inducing Agents
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A