Long-term follow-up of patients with Buerger's disease after autologous stem cell therapy
Long-term follow-up of patients with Buerger's disease after autologous stem cell therapy
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DOI:
10.14744/anatoljcardiol.2018.12354
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发表时间:
2019-03-01
影响因子:
1.3
通讯作者:
Akar, Ruchan
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作者:
Baran, Cagdas;Durdu, Serkan;Akar, Ruchan
Objective: We investigated the long-term results of autologous bone marrow mononuclear cells (ABMMNCs) implantation in patients with Buerger's disease (BD).Methods: Twenty-eight patients (25 males and 3 females) who had BD and critical unilateral limb ischemia were investigated between April 2003 and August 2005. The patients were administered multiple injections of CD34+ and CD45+ positive ABMMNCs into the gastrocnemius muscle, the intermetatarsal region, and the dorsum of the foot (n=26) or forearm (n=2) and saline injection into the contralateral limb.Results: The mean follow-up time was 139.6 +/- 10.5 months. No complication related to stem cell therapy was observed during the follow-up. The ankle-brachial pressure index evaluated at 6 months and 120 months was compared to the baseline scores (p