Transvalvular intramyocardial bone marrow stem cell transplantation in combination with videoscopic mitral valve repair

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2010 Dec;11(6):806-8. doi: 10.1510/icvts.2010.245936. Epub 2010 Sep 9.

Abstract

In the last years both minimally-invasive therapy approaches as well as intramyocardial cell therapy have entered clinical practice in cardiac surgery. Stem cell therapy has been combined in most cases with coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for chronic ischemic heart disease. Here, we report the first case of a patient with ischemic mitral regurgitation treated by videoscopic, transvalvular, intramyocardial bone marrow stem cell injection, while undergoing minimally-invasive mitral valve repair.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Bone Marrow Transplantation*
  • Endoscopy*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mitral Valve Annuloplasty*
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / etiology
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / surgery*
  • Myocardial Ischemia / complications
  • Myocardial Ischemia / surgery*
  • Thoracotomy
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Video Recording*