PMID: 11338251May 8, 2001Paper

Autologous skeletal myoblast transplantation for cardiac insufficiency. First clinical case

Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux
Philippe MenascheJ P Marolleau

Abstract

The authors report the first intramyocardial transplantation of autologous skeletal myoblasts in a patient with severe ischaemic cardiac failure. The encouraging result after eight months' follow-up underlines the potential of this new approach.

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