Final results of a phase IIa, randomised, open-label trial to evaluate the percutaneous intramyocardial transplantation of autologous skeletal myoblasts in congestive heart failure patients: the SEISMIC trial

Henricus J. Duckers, Jaco H. Houtgraaf, Christoph Hehrlein, Joachim Schofer, Johannes Waltenberger, Anthony Gershlick, Jozef Bartúnek, Christoph Nienaber, Carlos Macaya, Nicholas S. Peters,

EuroIntervention · 2011 · 108 citations · 12 references

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Abstract

These data indicate that implantation of myoblasts in patients with HF is feasible, appears to be safe and may provide symptomatic relief, though no significant effect was detected on global LVEF.

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