[Intramyocardial injection of autologous bone-marrow stem cells in a 74-year-old man with untreatable angina pectoris and demonstrated myocardial ischaemia].
For a 74-year-old man with angina pectoris and demonstrated myocardial ischaemia, optimal medical treatment was insufficient. He was ineligible for coronary revascularization. To improve myocardial perfusion, autologous bone-marrow stem cells were injected into the ischaemic myocardium. During the months following the injection, the frequency of angina attacks decreased and myocardial perfusion and cardiac function improved.
Beeres
S L M A
SL
Afd. Hartziekten, Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden.
Bax
J J
JJ
Stokkel
M P M
MP
Fibbe
W E
WE
van der Wall
E E
EE
Schalij
M J
MJ
Atsma
D E
DE
D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000628:therapy*; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000628:therapy*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome