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ReviewCurrent cardiology reviews2011

Stem cell therapy in heart diseases: a review of selected new perspectives, practical considerations and clinical applications.

Eltyeb Abdelwahid, Tomasz Siminiak, Luiz Cesar Guarita-Souza, Katherine Athayde Teixeira de Carvalho, Pasquale Gallo, Winston Shim, Gianluigi Condorelli

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Review in Current cardiology reviews, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

7 authors at 6 institutions in 6 countries.

Eltyeb AbdelwahidCBRC, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA. eltyeb.abdelwahid@CBRC2.MGH.Harvard.edu
Tomasz Siminiak
Luiz Cesar Guarita-Souza
Katherine Athayde Teixeira de Carvalho
Pasquale Gallo
Winston Shim
Gianluigi Condorelli
Vita-Salute San Raffaele University · ITChild, Adolescent and Family Mental Health · CAHarvard University · USNational Heart Centre Singapore · SGOPKO Health (Ireland) · IEPontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Degeneration of cardiac tissues is considered a major cause of mortality in the western world and is expected to be a greater problem in the forthcoming decades. Cardiac damage is associated with dysfunction and irreversible loss of cardiomyocytes. Stem cell therapy for ischemic heart failure is very promising approach in cardiovascular medicine. Initial trials have indicated the ability of cardiomyocytes to regenerate after myocardial injury. These preliminary trials aim to translate cardiac regeneration strategies into clinical practice. In spite of advances, current therapeutic strategies to ischemic heart failure remain very limited. Moreover, major obstacles still need to be solved before stem cell therapy can be fully applied. This review addresses the current state of research and experimental data regarding embryonic stem cells (ESCs), myoblast transplantation, histological and functional analysis of transplantation of co-cultured myoblasts and mesenchymal stem cells, as well as comparison between mononuclear and mesenchymal stem cells in a model of myocardium infarction. We also discuss how research with stem cell transplantation could translate to improvement of cardiac function.

Indexed as

AnimalsBone Marrow TransplantationEmbryonic Stem CellsHeart DiseasesHumansMesenchymal Stem Cell TransplantationMyoblasts, CardiacMyocardial InfarctionMyocytes, CardiacStem Cell Transplantation

Identifiers

PMID22758618
PMCPMC3263484
OpenAlexW2140336088

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