Basic & Clinical Medicine ›› 2007, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (12): 1409-1411.

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A brief accout of stem cell application in treating myocardial infarction

Chong-yang WU, Lan-jun SUN, Ying-qiang ZHAO   

  1. Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Tianjin 300193, Dept. of Cardiac Internal Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300150, Dept. of Cardiac Internal Medicine, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin 300150, China
  • Received:2006-10-20 Revised:2007-03-15 Online:2007-12-25 Published:2007-12-25
  • Contact: Chong-yang WU,

Abstract: Abstract: Myocardial infarction is one of the main factors causing heart failure that is associated with a high rate of morbidity and mortality in the developing countries. Due to infracted cardiac muscles, heart function will aggravate and myocardium will remodel all that lead to exacerbation of the disease. Current treatment modalities may not be adequate to prevent myocardial remodeling. It is necessary to explore a new way to restore the damaged myocardium. Stem cell-based therapy, which is developing rapidly, has been used in the field of cardiovascular disease. There are many problems still to be solved.