title: Improvement of cardiac function after granulocyte-colony stimulating factor-mobilized peripheral blood mononuclear cell implantation in a patient with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy associated with thromboangiitis obliterans.
abstract: Cardiac involvement is a rare complication with thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO). We report a 29-year-old man with TAO accompanied with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy. He had no history of heart disease, but echocardiogram demonstrated diffuse hypokinesis and dilated left ventricle. Coronary angiography revealed no organic stenotic lesion. For limb salvage, he was treated with granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF)-mobilized peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMNC) implantation on his right leg. Not only ischemic leg symptoms, but also plasma level of BNP and (123)I-metaiodobenzylguanidine scintigraphic parameters improved after 24 weeks. G-CSF-mobilized PBMNC implantation could be an effective approach to treating non-ischemic cardiomyopathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Nephrology and Neurology, University of the Ryukyus, School of Medicine, Okinawa.
authors.forename: Ayano
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kakihana
authors.forename: Akio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: Megumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miyagi
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishiki
authors.forename: Koichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okumura
authors.forename: Tomomasa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kamiyama
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohya
authors.forename: Shuichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takishita
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016913:Blood Component Transfusion / Q000379:methods*; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007963:Leukocytes, Mononuclear / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000637:transplantation*; D023821:Limb Salvage / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / Q000097:blood; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology; D013919:Thromboangiitis Obliterans / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor