Synchrotron radiation coronary microangiography for morphometric and physiological evaluation of myocardial neovascularization induced by endothelial progenitor cell transplantation
Synchrotron radiation coronary microangiography for morphometric and physiological evaluation of myocardial neovascularization induced by endothelial progenitor cell transplantation
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DOI:
10.1161/atvbaha.106.137141
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发表时间:
2007-06-01
影响因子:
8.7
通讯作者:
Asahara, Takayuki
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作者:
Iwasaki, Hiroto;Fukushima, Kazuhito;Asahara, Takayuki
Background-Therapeutic effect of stem cell transplantation (SCTx) for myocardial neovascularization has been evaluated by histological capillary density in small animals. However, it has been technically difficult to obtain imaging evidence of collateral formation by conventional angiography.Methods and Results-Peripheral blood CD34+ and CD34- cells were isolated from patients with critical limb ischemia. PBS, CD34- cells, or CD34+ cells were intramyocafdially transplanted after ligating LAD of nude rats. Coronary angiography of ex vivo beating hearts 5 and 28 days after the treatment was performed using the third generation synchrotron radiation microangiography (SRM), which has potential to visualize vessels as small as 20 Am in diameter. The SRM was performed pre and post sodium nitroprusside (SNP) to examine vascular physiology at each time point. Diameter of most collateral vessels was 20 to 120 Am, apparently invisible size in conventional angiography. Rentrop scores at day 28 pre and post SNP were significantly greater in CD34+ cell group than other groups (P