Comparison of arrhythmogenicity and proinflammatory activity induced by intramyocardial or epicardial myoblast sheet delivery in a rat model of ischemic heart failure.

Although cell therapy of the failing heart by intramyocardial injections of myoblasts to results in regenerative benefit, it has also been associated with undesired and prospectively fatal arrhythmias. We hypothesized that intramyocardial injections of myoblasts could enhance inflammatory reactivity...

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Main Authors: Tommi Pätilä, Shigeru Miyagawa, Yukiko Imanishi, Satsuki Fukushima, Antti Siltanen, Eero Mervaala, Esko Kankuri, Ari Harjula, Yoshiki Sawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4393220?pdf=render