Medical Reserch and Education ›› 2012, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (6): 60-64.

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Stem cells for cardiac repair in acute myocardial infarction

  

  • Received:2016-10-09 Revised:2016-10-09 Online:2012-12-25 Published:2012-12-25

Abstract: For the therapy of acute myocardial infarction, the main methods are pharmacological thrombolysis, percutaneous coronary intervention and cardiac bypass operation, opening the occluded vessel, recovery of myocardial reperfusion, further improving myocardial blood supply and saving dying myocardium. But all the methods can not generate new myocardiums, eventually lead to the occurrence of ischemic cardiomyopathy. Initial studies show stem cells could regenerate lost cardiomyocytes and improve left ventricular function, for realizing the effective myocardial regeneration bings hope. However, with the development of the research, the evidence for true generation of new myocardium is confined to the experimental models, and the number is very few. In the clinical perspective, myocardial regeneration has been replaced by myocardial repair, as other mechanisms seem to be involved heart function recovery. In this review, we will focus on stem cells for cardiac repair.

Key words: stem cells, myocardial infarction, regeneration, repair, tissue engineering

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