OBJECTIVE Experimental and clinical studies have suggested that intramyocardial bone marrow stem cell transplantation combined with coronary artery bypass grafting might improve left ventricular function in the setting of chronic ischemic heart disease. We therefore conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of available publications regarding the efficacy and safety of intramyocardial bon...

Intramyocardial dissecting haematoma is a rare form of cardiac rupture that can occur as a complication following acute myocardial infarction or during the remodelling process. It is usually caused by a haemorrhagic dissection among the spiral myocardial fibres and needs urgent surgical treatment. Here we report the case of a 67-year-old man with indications of a previous infarction, in whom a ...

Intramyocardial dissecting hematoma is a rare but potentially fatal complication of myocardial infarction. The decision to adopt a surgical or conservative strategy may depend on the clinical and hemodynamic stability of patients. Regardless, the precise and temporal assessment of the structure of hematoma is imperative. We herein report the first case of a patient with early spontaneous remiss...

A feature of phasic coronary flow patterns recorded in conscious chronically instrumented dogs is the atrial cove--a transient depression of arterial flow that occurs during atrial systole. The association between the hemodynamic effects of atrial systole and the atrial cove was studied in anesthetized dogs and pigs with complete heart block. Many atrial coves are available for study in these p...

uter-assisted processing of intramyocardial employing internet-based transmission to ervice centers. and methods: Implantable pacemakers th broad-bandwidth electrogram telemetry actally coated electrodes render possible the of intramyocardial electrograms from the y beating as well as from the paced heart. ls are transmitted via the Internet to the er in Graz where processing is performed d sof...

Myocardial bridging is a congenital coronary anomaly with a variety of clinical manifestations. Traditionally, myocardial bridging has been considered a benign condition, but some cases of myocardial ischemia, infarction and sudden cardiac death due to myocardial bridging have been reported. Various studies have suggested that in their intramyocardial segments, these vessels are protected from ...

Despite the controversy in mechanism, rodent and clinical studies have demonstrated beneficial effects of stem/progenitor cell therapy after myocardial infarction (MI). In a rat ischaemic reperfusion MI model, we investigated the effects of immunomodification of CD 34(+) cells on heart function and myocardial conduction. Bispecific antibody (BiAb), consisting of an anti-myosin light chain antib...

Felkin, Joon Lee, Paul J.R. Barton, Cesare M.N. Terracciano, Magdi H. Yacoub and Ken Satsuki Fukushima, Anabel Varela-Carver, Steven R. Coppen, Kenichi Yamahara, Leanne E. Ventricular Arrhythmias in a Rat Chronic Ischemic Heart Failure Model Direct Intramyocardial But Not Intracoronary Injection of Bone Marrow Cells Induces Print ISSN: 0009-7322. Online ISSN: 1524-4539 Copyright © 2007 American...