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ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2023

Use of left atrial appendage as an autologous tissue source for epicardial micrograft transplantation during LVAD implantation.

Jan D Schmitto, Aleksi Kuuva, Kai Kronström, Jasmin S Hanke, Esko Kankuri

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Article in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Jan D SchmittoDepartment of Cardiac-, Thoracic-, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Aleksi KuuvaEpiHeart Oy, Helsinki, Finland.
Kai KronströmEpiHeart Oy, Helsinki, Finland.
Jasmin S HankeDepartment of Cardiac-, Thoracic-, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Esko KankuriDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.

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Abstract

We report here the first clinical use of the left atrial appendage (LAA) for epicardial micrograft transplantation during left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation. Previously, a sample from the right atrial appendage (RAA) has been available for processing and administering micrograft therapy in cardiac surgery. Both LAA and RAA are rich sources of various types of myocardial cells and are capable of providing both paracrine and cellular support to the failing myocardium. The surgical approach of LAA micrografting facilitates epicardial micrograft therapy dose escalation and treatment of larger myocardial areas than done previously. Moreover, as collection of treated vs. untreated tissues from the recipient heart is possible following LVAD implantation at the time of heart transplantation, the evaluation of the therapy's mechanism of action can be further deciphered at cellular and molecular levels. This LAA modification of the epicardial micrografting technique has the overall potential to facilitate the adoption of cardiac cell therapy during heart surgery.

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autologous cardiac micrograftscell therapyepicardial transplantationheart failureleft atrial appendage (LAA)left ventricular assist device (LVAD)

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PMID37187792
PMCPMC10176448

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