Stem cell therapy for heart failure: Medical breakthrough, or dead end?

Stem cell therapy for congestive heart failure

Combination stem cell therapy for heart failure

Patients with congestive heart failure (CHF) that are not eligible for transplantation have limited therapeutic options. Stem cell therapy such as autologous bone marrow, mobilized peripheral blood, or purified cells thereof has been used clinically since 2001. To date over 1000 patients have received cellular therapy as part of randomized trials, with the general consensus being that a moderat...

Stem cell therapy for heart failure.

"During the past decade, studies in animals and humans have suggested that cell therapy has positive effects for the treatment of heart failure. This clinical effect may be mediated by angiogenesis and reduction in fibrosis rather than by regeneration of myocytes. Increased microvasculature and decreased scar also likely lead to improved cardiac function in the failing heart. The effects of cel...

Stem cell therapy for chronic heart failure.

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The aim of this review was to discuss recent advances in clinical aspects of stem cell therapy in heart failure with emphasis on patient selection, stem cell types and delivery methods. RECENT FINDINGS Several stem cell types have been considered for the treatment of patients with heart failure. In nonischemic heart failure, transplantation of CD34 cells improved myocardial ...

Cardiopoietic Stem Cell Therapy in Heart Failure

Cardiopoietic Stem Cell Therapy in Heart Failure TheC-CURE (Cardiopoietic stemCell therapy in heart failURE) Multicenter Randomized TrialWith Lineage-Specified Biologics Jozef Bartunek, MD, PHD,* Atta Behfar, MD, PHD,y Dariouch Dolatabadi, MD,z Marc Vanderheyden, MD,* Miodrag Ostojic, MD, PHD,x Jo Dens, MD, PHD,k Badih El Nakadi, MD,z Marko Banovic, MD,x Branko Beleslin, MD, PHD,x Mathias Vroli...