Infarct Size Determines Myocardial Uptake of CD34 ⁺ Cells in the Peri-Infarct Zone

Abstract

This largest human study with labeled bone marrow CD34(+) cell transcoronary transplantation after recent ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction found that myocardial cell uptake is determined by infarct size rather than LVEF and occurs preferentially in the peri-infarct zone.