[First experience with the use of bone marrow stem cells for regeneration therapy of ischemic heart disease.].
OBJECTIVE
To elucidate feasibility of the use of autologous bone marrow stem cells in candidates to myocardial revascularization- patients with ischemic heart disease and cardiosclerosis after myocardial infarction.


METHODS
Between January 2003 and January 2004 25 men aged 56.3+/-5.4 years with ischemic heart disease were subjected to cell therapy including 4 patients with heart failure and 5 - with acute coronary syndrome. Subgroup of patients with postinfarction cardiosclerosis consisted of 16 men satisfying the following criteria: (1) history of myocardial infarction with scar formation; (2) class III-IV angina; (3) presence of indications for endovascular or surgical intervention on coronary arteries. Study protocol included clinical examination, coronary angiography; dobutamine stress-, contrast- and tissue echocardiography with assessment of segmental myocardial perfusion, systolic and diastolic left ventricular function.


RESULTS
There were no complications during bone marrow sampling and administration of cells. All patients were restudied 1 month after transplantation. Improvement of clinical state without complications and adverse effects of the procedure noted in all patients was associated with lowering of mean angina class (from 3.4 to 1.4, p<0.05); decrease of NYHA heart failure class (from 3.1 to 1.5); rise of left ventricular ejection fraction (from 42.9 to 56.3%); decrease of average number of asynergic segments (from 5.3+/-0.7 to 2.1+/-0.3, p<0.01). Systolic velocity before intervention was 2.3 cm/s, after procedure in segments subjected to isolated revascularization it increased up to 4.8 cm/s, while in those subjected to revascularization combined with administration of stem cells - up to 6.2 cm/s. Contrast echocardiography in 9 patients demonstrated augmented myocardial perfusion in regions exposed to cell therapy.


CONCLUSIONS
Transplantation of autologous bone marrow stem cells to ischemic heart disease patients - candidates for myocardial reperfusion - turned out to be safe and well tolerated procedure. Combination of myocardial revascularization with administration of stem cells into regions of postinfarction scars was associated with improvement of total and local myocardial contractility and normalization of left ventricular diastolic filling. Cell therapy facilitated augmentation of myocardial perfusion.
A. N. Bakulev Research Center for Cardiovascular Surgery; Rublevskoye sh., 135, 121552 Moscow, Russia.
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Bokeriia
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Buziashvili
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Matskeplishvili
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Kamardinov
D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia; D012038:Regeneration