| Literature DB >> 26002399 |
Shone O Almeida1, Rhys J Skelton2, Sasikanth Adigopula1, Reza Ardehali3.
Abstract
Stem cell regenerative therapies hold promise for treating diseases across the spectrum of medicine. While significant progress has been made in the preclinical stages, the clinical application of cardiac cell therapy is limited by technical challenges. Certain methods of cell delivery, such as intramyocardial injection, carry a higher rate of arrhythmias. Other potential contributors to the arrhythmogenicity of cell transplantation include reentrant pathways caused by heterogeneity in conduction velocities between graft and host as well as graft automaticity. In this article, the arrhythmogenic potential of cell delivery to the heart is discussed.Entities:
Keywords: Arrhythmia; Cardiomyocyte; Coupling; Electromechanical; Paracrine; Regeneration; Stem cell
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Year: 2015 PMID: 26002399 PMCID: PMC4441953 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccep.2015.03.012
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Card Electrophysiol Clin ISSN: 1877-9182