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Functional assessment of myoblast transplantation for cardiac repair with magnetic resonance imaging

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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HEART FAILURE
卷 7, 期 4, 页码 435-443

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2003.12.022

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myocardial infarction; cellular cardiomyoplasty; wall thickening; myoblasts; magnetic resonance imaging; stein cells

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  1. NHLBI NIH HHS [R-01 HL-57988, HL-63703, HL-63346] Funding Source: Medline

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Background: Contraction of transplanted myoblasts and their effects on function and remodeling after myocardial infarction remain controversial. Aim: We used magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study wall thickening and left ventricular (LV) function and geometry after myoblast transplantation. Methods and results: Three weeks after cryo-infarction rabbits were randomized to receive an injection of similar to 2 x 10(8) myoblasts (n=8) or medium (n=9) into the scar. Cine MRI and contrast enhanced (ce) MRI images were acquired before injection (baseline) and 4 weeks later (endpoint). Regional wall thickening was measured at the site of transmural hyperenhancement. In the control group, regional wall thickening decreased to - 15.3 +/- 8.6% at baseline, which further decreased to - 18.3 +/- 5.7% at endpoint. Further, end-diastolic volume increased from 3.96 +/- 0.27 to 5.00 +/- 0.46 ml and end-systolic volume from 2.23 +/- 0.19 to 2.96 +/- 0.30 ml (both P < 0.05 vs. baseline), which was accompanied by increased LV wall volumes (P < 0.05 vs. baseline). In contrast, myoblast transplantation increased regional wall thickening from - 11.9 +/- 15.9% at baseline to 26.9 +/- 17.0% (P < 0.05 vs. control), which resulted in significantly improved two-dimensional ejection fractions at the infarct level and prevented the increase in end-diastolic and end-systolic volumes and wall volume. Conclusion: Intracardiac myoblast transplantation after myocardial infarction improves regional wall thickening and prevents progressive left ventricular remodeling. (c) 2003 European Society of Cardiology. Published by Elsevier B.V.

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