The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 3 , Pages 646-653, September 2009

Cell therapy with autologous bone marrow mononuclear stem cells is associated with superior cardiac recovery compared with use of nonmodified mesenchymal stem cells in a canine model of chronic myocardial infarction

  • Myrielle Mathieu, DVM

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiopathology, Faculty of Medicine, UBL, Brussels, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Myrielle Mathieu, DVM, ULB–Erasme, 808 route de Lennik – CP604, 1070 Brussels, Belgium.
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  • Jozef Bartunek, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Center, OLV, Aalst, Belgium
    • Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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  • Bachar El Oumeiri, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Department, Saint-Luc University Hospital, UCL, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Karim Touihri, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiopathology, Faculty of Medicine, UBL, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Ielham Hadad, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiopathology, Faculty of Medicine, UBL, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Philippe Thoma, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, UBL, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Thierry Metens, MS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, UBL, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Agnes Mendes da Costa, DVM

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiopathology, Faculty of Medicine, UBL, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Maryam Mahmoudabady, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiopathology, Faculty of Medicine, UBL, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Dominique Egrise, MS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radio-Isotope Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, UBL, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Didier Blocklet, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radio-Isotope Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, UBL, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Naïma Mazouz, MS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cardio3BioSciences, Braine L'Alleud, Belgium
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  • Robert Naeije, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiopathology, Faculty of Medicine, UBL, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Guy Heyndrickx, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiovascular Center, OLV, Aalst, Belgium
    • Department of Physiology, Saint-Luc University Hospital, UCL, Brussels, Belgium
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  • Kathleen McEntee, DVM, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiopathology, Faculty of Medicine, UBL, Brussels, Belgium

Received 27 August 2008; received in revised form 25 November 2008; accepted 25 December 2008. published online 17 February 2009.

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 This work was supported by the Foundation for Cardiac Surgery, Brussels, Belgium.

PII: S0022-5223(09)00015-4

doi:10.1016/j.jtcvs.2008.12.031

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 138, Issue 3 , Pages 646-653, September 2009

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