20 Nov Stem cells may improve heart bypass results
Patients who received bone marrow stem cell transplants during coronary bypass surgery (CABG) experienced “excellent long-term safety and survival,” say German researchers, who also noted the first promising results for stem cell transplantation during mitral valve repair.
The study included 35 patients who received CD 133+ bone marrow stem cell transplantation during CABG, 20 patients who received only CABG surgery and 10 patients who received stem cell transplantation after mitral valve repair.
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