[Autologous skeletal myoblast transplantation for cardiac insufficiency. First clinical case].
The authors report the first intramyocardial transplantation of autologous skeletal myoblasts in a patient with severe ischaemic cardiac failure. The encouraging result after eight months' follow-up underlines the potential of this new approach.
Menasché
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Service de chirurgie cardiovasculaire B, hôpital Bichat, 46, rue Henri-Huchard, 75018 Paris.
Hagège
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A
Scorsin
M
M
Pouzet
B
B
Desnos
M
M
Duboc
D
D
Schwartz
K
K
Vilquin
J T
JT
Marolleau
J P
JP
D000368:Aged; D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D017690:Cell Transplantation; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000166:cytology* / Q000637:transplantation*; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000150:complications*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome