title: Cell transplantation with a catheter-based approach: an efficient method for the treatment of heart failure with multiple lesions.
abstract: Cell transplantation is emerging as a potential therapeutic approach for the treatment of heart failure. At present, popular methods of cell delivery may not be efficient in perfusing cells through the whole myocardium. We have developed a novel catheter-based method for global transplantation of cells. Heart failure was induced in rabbit by intravenous administration of doxorubicin. Autologous bone marrow mononuclear cells were transplanted into failing hearts via the root of the aorta. Bilateral sinus aortae and coronary arteries were visualized by angiography during the cell transplantation procedure; there was no intraprocedural death. Four weeks after cell transplantation, there was an improvement in the mean left ventricular ejection fraction from baseline 72.13% to 81.54% (P = 0.034). Transplanted cells were observed throughout the cardiac layers of left and right ventricles. In conclusion, cell transplantation through the root of the aorta is a useful approach to globally supply cells into the heart.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. hmaochen@vip.sina.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Z-C
authors.initials: ZC
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: X-J
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: J-L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: D-J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D000963:Antimetabolites; D001011:Aorta; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D001973:Bromodeoxyuridine; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000628:therapy; D002404:Catheterization; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004317:Doxorubicin; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000628:therapy*; D007211:Indoles; D008297:Male; D011817:Rabbits; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left
chemical_list: D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; D000963:Antimetabolites; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D007211:Indoles; C007293:DAPI; D004317:Doxorubicin; D001973:Bromodeoxyuridine