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ArticleCirculation. Cardiovascular imaging2012

Spin-labeling magnetic resonance imaging detects increased myocardial blood flow after endothelial cell transplantation in the infarcted heart.

Hualei Zhang, Hui Qiao, Rachel S Frank, Bin Huang, Kathleen J Propert, Susan Margulies, Victor A Ferrari, Jonathan A Epstein, Rong Zhou

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Article in Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Myocardial arterial spin labeling.Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance · 2016
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  3. Hyperemic stress myocardial perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance in mice at 3 Tesla: initial experience and validation against microspheres.Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance · 2013
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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hualei ZhangLaboratories of Molecular Imaging, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Hui Qiao
Rachel S Frank
Bin Huang
Kathleen J Propert
Susan Margulies
Victor A Ferrari
Jonathan A Epstein
Rong Zhou
Hi-Z Technology (United States) · US

Funding

Imaging Stem Cell Grafted in the Infarcted MyocardiumR01HL081185 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI ZHOU, RONG · 2006 to 2009
$1.9M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL081185NHLBI NIH HHS R01-HL081185A1NHLBI NIH HHS R01-HL081185S1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWe quantified absolute myocardial blood flow (MBF) using a spin-labeling MRI (SL-MRI) method after transplantation of endothelial cells (ECs) into the infarcted heart. Our aims were to study the temporal changes in MBF in response to EC transplantation and to compare regional MBF with contractile function (wall motion) and microvascular density. METHODS AND

resultsWe first validated the SL-MRI method with the standard microsphere technique in normal rats. We then induced myocardial infarction in athymic rats and injected 5 million ECs (human umbilical vein endothelial cells) suspended in Matrigel or Matrigel alone (vehicle) along the border of the blanched infarcted area. At 2 weeks after myocardial infarction, MBF averaged over the entire slice (P=0.038) and in the infarcted region (P=0.0086) was significantly higher in EC versus vehicle group; the greater MBF was accompanied by an increase of microvasculature density in the infarcted region (P=0.0105 versus vehicle). At 4 weeks after myocardial infarction, MBF in the remote region was significantly elevated in EC-treated hearts (P=0.0277); this was accompanied by increased wall motion in this region assessed by circumferential strains (P=0.0075). Intraclass correlation coefficients and Bland-Altman plot revealed a good reproducibility of the SL-MRI method.

conclusionsMBF in free-breathing rats measured by SL-MRI is validated by the standard color microsphere technique. SL-MRI allows quantification of temporal changes of regional MBF in response to EC treatment. The proof-of-principle study indicates that MBF is a unique and sensitive index to evaluate EC-mediated therapy for the infarcted heart.

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Coronary CirculationMagnetic Resonance ImagingSpin LabelsAnimalsCells, CulturedDisease Models, AnimalFluorescent DyesHumansHuman Umbilical Vein Endothelial CellsMicrospheresMicrovesselsMyocardial ContractionMyocardial InfarctionMyocardial Perfusion ImagingMyocardiumPredictive Value of TestsFluorescent DyesSpin Labels

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PMID22311739
PMCPMC3322676
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