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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2011 Nov;97(5):420-6.
doi: 10.1590/s0066-782x2011005000095. Epub 2011 Oct 7.

Intracoronary stem-cell injection after myocardial infarction: microcirculation sub-study

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Rodrigo de Carvalho Moreira  1 , Andréa Ferreira Haddad, Suzana Alves Silva, André Luiz Silveira Souza, Fábio Antônio Abrantes Tuche, Mônica Amorim de Oliveira, Cláudio Tinoco Mesquita, Carlos Eduardo Rochitte, Radovan Borojevic, Hans Fernando Rocha Dohmann
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Intracoronary stem-cell injection after myocardial infarction: microcirculation sub-study

[Article in English, Portuguese]
Rodrigo de Carvalho Moreira et al. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2011 Nov.
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Abstract

Background: The injection of stem cells in the context of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) has been tested almost exclusively by anterograde intra-arterial coronary (IAC) delivery. The retrograde intravenous coronary (IVC) delivery may be an additional route.

Objective: To compare the cell distribution and retention pattern in the anterograde and retrograde routes. To investigate the role of microvascular obstruction by magnetic resonance imaging in cell retention by cardiac tissue after the injection of bone marrow mononuclear cells (BMMC) in AMI.

Methods: This was a prospective, open label, randomized study. Patients with AMI who presented: (1) successful chemical or mechanical reperfusion within 24 hours of symptom onset and (2) infarction involving more than 10% of the left ventricle (LV) at the myocardial scintigraphy were included in the study. One hundred million BMMC were injected into the infarction-related artery through IAC route, or vein through the IVC route. One percent of the injected cells were labeled with 99mTc-hexamethyl-propylene-amine-oxime (99mTc-HMPAO). Cell distribution was evaluated at 4 and 24 hours after the myocardial scintigraphy injection. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging was performed before cell injection.

Results: Thirty patients were randomized into three groups. There were no serious adverse events related to the procedure. The early and late retention of labeled cells was higher in the IAC group than in IVC group, regardless of the presence of microcirculation obstruction.

Conclusion: The injection using the retrograde approach was feasible and safe. Cell retention by cardiac tissue was higher using the anterograde approach. More studies are needed to confirm these findings.

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