American Heart Journal
Volume 157, Issue 3 , Pages 541-547 , March 2009

Intracoronary administration of bone marrow-derived progenitor cells improves left ventricular function in patients at risk for adverse remodeling after acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: Results of the Reinfusion of Enriched Progenitor cells And Infarct Remodeling in Acute Myocardial Infarction study (REPAIR-AMI) cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging substudy

  • Thorsten Dill, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Kerckhoff Heart Center, Bad Nauheim, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Thorsten Dill, MD, Department of Cardiology, Kerckhoff Heart Center, Benekestrasse 2-8, 61231 Bad Nauheim, Germany.
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  • Volker Schächinger, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany
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  • Andreas Rolf, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Kerckhoff Heart Center, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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  • Susanne Möllmann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Kerckhoff Heart Center, Bad Nauheim, Germany
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  • Holger Thiele, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Leipzig Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany
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  • Harald Tillmanns, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Giessen, Germany
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  • Birgit Assmus, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany
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  • Stefanie Dimmeler, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany
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  • Andreas M. Zeiher, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany
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  • Christian Hamm, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Kerckhoff Heart Center, Bad Nauheim, Germany

Received 17 April 2008 ,Accepted 14 November 2008.

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 Clinical trial registration: NCT00279175.

PII: S0002-8703(08)01029-6

doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2008.11.011

American Heart Journal
Volume 157, Issue 3 , Pages 541-547 , March 2009

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