Labeled stem cells transplantation to the myocardium of a patient with Chagas' disease.
Stem cell transplantation is a new therapy applied to produce cardiac regeneration through differentiation or increase of heart myocytes or neovascular proliferation in patients in the end stage of congestive heart failure secondary to dilated cardiomyopathy, but the results are still unknown.
Jacob
José Luiz Balthazar
JL
Instituto de Moléstias Cardiovasculares de São José do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, SP, Brasil. jljacob@cardiol.br
Salis
Fernando Vilela
FV
Ruiz
Milton A
MA
Greco
Oswaldo Tadeu
OT
D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D002598:Chagas Cardiomyopathy / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000637:transplantation*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D013194:Staining and Labeling; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi
D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D017256:Technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi