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SUBMITTER: Bonios M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4334365 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bonios Michael M Terrovitis John J Chang Connie Y CY Engles James M JM Higuchi Takahiro T Lautamäki Riikka R Yu Jianhua J Fox James J Pomper Martin M Wahl Richard L RL Tsui Benjamin M BM O'Rourke Brian B Bengel Frank M FM Marbán Eduardo E Abraham M Roselle MR
Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology 20110330 3
<h4>Background</h4>Quantification of acute myocardial retention and lung bio-distribution of cardiosphere-derived cells (CDCs) following transplantation is important to improve engraftment.<h4>Methods and results</h4>We studied acute(1 hour) cardiac/lung retention in 4 groups (n = 25) of rats (normal--NL, acute ischemia-reperfusion--AI-RM, acute permanent ligation-PL, and chronic infarct by ischemia-reperfusion--CI-R) using intra-myocardial delivery, 1 group using intracoronary delivery (acute i ...[more]