Emerging evidence suggests that bone-marrow-derived stem and progenitor cells can be used to improve cardiac function after acute myocardial infarction. We tested this concept in the randomized, ...

Rapid reperfusion of the infarct-related coronary artery is of critical importance to salvage ischemic myocardium in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients. Unfortunately, myocardial necrosis and ...

These observations suggest that G-CSF-mediated mobilization of bone marrow stem cells may enhance myocyte regeneration. However, the mobilized bone marrow cells could also have direct cytokine effects ...