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ReviewJournal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology2006

Overview of stem cells and imaging modalities for cardiovascular diseases.

Gwendolen Y Chang, Xiaoyan Xie, Joseph C Wu

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Review in Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Cell-based therapy for heart disease: a clinically oriented perspective.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2009
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  15. Fifth Annual Mario S. Verani, MD Memorial Lecture: evolving challenges and opportunities.Journal of nuclear cardiology : official publication of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Gwendolen Y ChangDepartment of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, Calif, USA.
Xiaoyan Xie
Joseph C Wu

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stem cell therapy is emerging as a promising approach to treat heart diseases. Considerable evidence from experimental studies and initial clinical trials suggests that stem cell transplantation promotes systolic function and prevent ventricular remodeling. However, the specific mechanisms by which stem cells improve heart function remain largely unknown. In addition, interpreting the long-term effects of stem cell therapy is difficult because of the limitations of conventional techniques. The recent development of molecular imaging techniques offers great potential to address these critical issues by noninvasively tracking the fate of the transplanted cells. This review offers a focused discussion on the use of stem cell therapy and imaging in the context of cardiology.

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AnimalsCardiovascular DiseasesDiagnostic ImagingHumansRadionuclide ImagingStem CellsStem Cell Transplantation

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