PMID- 19578069 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100224 LR - 20091117 IS - 1755-3245 (Electronic) IS - 0008-6363 (Linking) VI - 84 IP - 3 DP - 2009 Dec 1 TI - A new transmyocardial degradable stent combined with growth factor, heparin, and stem cells in acute myocardial infarction. PG - 461-9 LID - 10.1093/cvr/cvp229 [doi] AB - AIMS: We developed a new method-transmyocardial drilling revascularization (TMDR) with absorbable stent incorporated with basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) and heparin. The present study tested the effect of this method with transplantation of bone marrow-derived stem cells (BMSCs) in acute myocardial infarction. METHODS AND RESULTS: Infarction was produced in mini-swine by ligating the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery. TMDR of 3.0 mm in diameter was made by mechanical drilling in the infarcted area. The animals that had LAD ligation were divided into six groups according to the procedures followed (n = 6 in each): control; T (TMDR); C (cell implantation); TS (TMDR+stent implantation); TC (TMDR+cell implantation); TSC (TMDR+stent implantation+cell implantation). Left ventricular (LV) function, myocardial perfusion, vascular density, and histological and morphological analyses were evaluated pre-operatively and at 30 min and 6 weeks post-operatively. Six weeks after operation, the above indices were significantly better in the TSC group than in other groups (P < 0.001 compared with the control group, and P < 0.05 or 0.01 compared with the TS and TC groups), although TS and TC also showed better results than the control group (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: We have demonstrated in a pig model that an intramyocardial stent implanted with slow release of bFGF, heparin, and BMSC transplantation may significantly increase LV function, cardiac blood flow, and vascular density. Therefore, the present study may provide a new method for the surgical treatment of myocardial infarction. FAU - Wang, Ying AU - Wang Y AD - Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China. FAU - Liu, Xiao-Cheng AU - Liu XC FAU - Zhang, Guang-Wei AU - Zhang GW FAU - Zhao, Jian AU - Zhao J FAU - Zhang, Jie-Min AU - Zhang JM FAU - Shi, Rong-Fang AU - Shi RF FAU - Huang, Yun-Zhou AU - Huang YZ FAU - Zhao, Chun-Hua AU - Zhao CH FAU - Liu, Tian-Jun AU - Liu TJ FAU - Song, Cun-Xian AU - Song CX FAU - Lu, Feng AU - Lu F FAU - Yang, Qin AU - Yang Q FAU - He, Guo-Wei AU - He GW LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20090703 PL - England TA - Cardiovasc Res JT - Cardiovascular research JID - 0077427 RN - 0 (Fibrinolytic Agents) RN - 103107-01-3 (Fibroblast Growth Factor 2) RN - 9005-49-6 (Heparin) SB - IM MH - *Absorbable Implants MH - Animals MH - Coronary Vessels/physiology MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - *Drug-Eluting Stents MH - Fibrinolytic Agents/administration & dosage/*therapeutic use MH - Fibroblast Growth Factor 2/administration & dosage/*therapeutic use MH - Heparin/administration & dosage/*therapeutic use MH - *Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation MH - Myocardial Infarction/physiopathology/*therapy MH - Neovascularization, Physiologic/physiology MH - Regional Blood Flow/physiology MH - Swine MH - Swine, Miniature MH - Ventricular Dysfunction, Left/physiopathology/therapy EDAT- 2009/07/07 09:00 MHDA- 2010/02/25 06:00 CRDT- 2009/07/07 09:00 PHST- 2009/07/07 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/07/07 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/02/25 06:00 [medline] AID - cvp229 [pii] AID - 10.1093/cvr/cvp229 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cardiovasc Res. 2009 Dec 1;84(3):461-9. doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvp229. Epub 2009 Jul 3.