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SUBMITTER: Traverse JH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2929864 | biostudies-literature | 2010
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Traverse Jay H JH Henry Timothy D TD Vaughan Douglas E DE Ellis Stephen G SG Pepine Carl J CJ Willerson James T JT Zhao David X M DX Simpson Lara M LM Penn Marc S MS Byrne Barry J BJ Perin Emerson C EC Gee Adrian P AP Hatzopoulos Antonis K AK McKenna David H DH Forder John R JR Taylor Doris A DA Cogle Christopher R CR Baraniuk Sarah S Olson Rachel E RE Jorgenson Beth C BC Sayre Shelly L SL Vojvodic Rachel W RW Gordon David J DJ Skarlatos Sonia I SI Moyè Lemuel A LA Simari Robert D RD
Texas Heart Institute journal 20100101 4
A realistic goal for cardiac cell therapy may be to attenuate left ventricular remodeling following acute myocardial infarction to prevent the development of congestive heart failure. Initial clinical trials of cell therapy have delivered cells 1 to 7 days after acute myocardial infarction. However, many patients at risk of developing congestive heart failure may not be ready for cell delivery at that time-point because of clinical instability or hospitalization at facilities without access to c ...[more]