American Heart Journal
Volume 155, Issue 1 , Pages 55.e1-55.e9 , January 2008

Inflammatory responses after intracoronary injection of autologous mononuclear bone marrow cells in patients with acute myocardial infarction

  • Svein Solheim, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Ullevål University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Svein Solheim, MD, Department of Cardiology, Ullevål University Hospital, Kirkeveien 166, 0407 Oslo, Norway.
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  • Ingebjørg Seljeflot, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Ullevål University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
    • Center for Clinical Research, Ullevål University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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  • Ketil Lunde, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet Medical Center, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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  • Pål Aukrust, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Research Institute for Internal Medicine, Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet Medical Center, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
    • Section of Clinical Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet Medical Center, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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  • Arne Yndestad, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Research Institute for Internal Medicine, Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet Medical Center, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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  • Haakon Kiil Grøgaard, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Ullevål University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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  • Svend Aakhus, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet Medical Center, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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  • Kolbjørn Forfang, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Rikshospitalet-Radiumhospitalet Medical Center, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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  • Harald Arnesen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Ullevål University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Received 3 July 2007 ,Accepted 1 October 2007.

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 Dr S Solheim and Dr K Lunde are supported by research fellowships from the Norwegian Council on Cardiovascular Diseases, Oslo, Norway. Additional financial support was given by Ullevål University Hospital Scientific Advisory Council, Oslo, Norway.

PII: S0002-8703(07)00784-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2007.10.005

American Heart Journal
Volume 155, Issue 1 , Pages 55.e1-55.e9 , January 2008

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