Cardio-omentopexy requires a cardioprotective innate immune response to promote myocardial angiogenesis in miceCentral MessagePerspective

Objective: The pedicled greater omentum, when applied onto stressed hearts using omentopexy, has been shown to be protective in humans and animals. The mechanisms underlying cardioprotection using omentopexy remain elusive. This study examined whether macrophage-mediated angiogenesis accounts for th...

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Main Authors: Zhi-Dong Ge, MD, PhD, Riley M. Boyd, BA, Connor Lantz, BA, Edward B. Thorp, PhD, Joseph M. Forbess, MD, MBA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-06-01
Series:JTCVS Open
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666273622000961