Intracoronary injection of CD133-positive enriched bone marrow progenitor cells promotes cardiac recovery after recent myocardial infarction: feasibility and safety.

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Published in Circulation on August 30, 2005

Authors

Jozef Bartunek1, Marc Vanderheyden, Bart Vandekerckhove, Samer Mansour, Bernard De Bruyne, Pieter De Bondt, Inge Van Haute, Nele Lootens, Guy Heyndrickx, William Wijns

Author Affiliations

1: Cardiovascular Center, OLV Ziekenhuis, Aalst, Belgium. Jozef.Bartunek@olvz-aalst.be

Associated clinical trials:

CD133+ Cell Therapy for Refractory Coronary Heart Disease | NCT01049867

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