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ReviewStem cells translational medicine2016

Strategies and Challenges to Myocardial Replacement Therapy.

Nicole T Feric, Milica Radisic

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Review in Stem cells translational medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed
9.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Stem Cell Therapy in Ischemic Heart Failure.American journal of cardiovascular drugs : drugs, devices, and other interventions · 2025
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  15. A tissue-engineered scale model of the heart ventricle.Nature biomedical engineering · 2018
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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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nicole T FericInstitute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Milica RadisicInstitute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada m.radisic@utoronto.ca.
University Health Network · CAUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

Engineering Vascularized Cardiac MuscleR01HL076485 · NHLBI · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic · 2005 to 2026
$9.2M
Canadian Institutes of Health ResearchNHLBI NIH HHS 2R01 HL076485NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL076485
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

unlabelledCardiovascular diseases account for the majority of deaths globally and are a significant drain on economic resources. Although heart transplants and left-ventricle assist devices are the solution for some, the best chance for many patients who suffer because of a myocardial infarction, heart failure, or a congenital heart disease may be cell-based regenerative therapies. Such therapies can be divided into two categories: the application of a cell suspension and the implantation of an in vitro engineered tissue construct to the damaged area of the heart. Both strategies have their advantages and challenges, and in this review, we discuss the current state of the art in myocardial regeneration, the challenges to success, and the future direction of the field. SIGNIFICANCE: This article outlines the advantages and limitations of the cell injection and patch approaches to cardiac regenerative therapy. If the field is to move forward, some fundamental questions require answers, including the limitations to the use of animal models for human cell-transplantation studies; the best way to measure success in terms of functional improvements, histological integration, electrical coupling, and arrhythmias; and where the cells should be applied for maximal benefit-the epicardium or the myocardium.

Indexed as

AnimalsHeart DiseasesHeart TransplantationHumansMyocardiumMyocytes, CardiacTissue Engineering

Identifiers

PMID26933042
PMCPMC4798743
OpenAlexW2291043294

What OpenQuestion holds

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Registered trials

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