We investigated the efficacy of directly injected allogenic bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells in improving left ventricular function in a porcine model of myocardial infarction.
Intramyocardial injection of allogenic bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells without immunosuppression preserves cardiac function in a porcine model of myocardial infarction.
Division of Cardiology and Hematology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, and David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA. makkarr@cshs.org