Abstract
To understand the role of bone marrow mononuclear cells in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction, this overview offers a retrospective examination of strengths and limitations of 3 contemporaneous trials with attention to critical design features and provides an analysis of the combined data set and implications for future directions in cell therapy for acute myocardial infarction.
Keywords:
diagnostic imaging; myocardial infarction; population.
Publication types
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Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
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Review
MeSH terms
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Bone Marrow Transplantation / methods*
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Bone Marrow Transplantation / trends
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Cell- and Tissue-Based Therapy / methods
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Cell- and Tissue-Based Therapy / trends
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Clinical Trials as Topic / methods
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Clinical Trials as Topic / trends
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Databases, Factual / trends
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Humans
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Leukocytes, Mononuclear / pathology
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Leukocytes, Mononuclear / physiology
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Leukocytes, Mononuclear / transplantation*
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Myocardial Infarction / pathology*
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Myocardial Infarction / surgery*
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Retrospective Studies
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Stroke Volume / physiology
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Treatment Outcome