Background Bone-marrow stem-cell transplantation has been shown to improve cardiac
function in patients with myocardial infarction. We examined the feasibility and efficacy of …

Objective— Endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) in one study group is not the same as EPC in
other investigators, suggesting that EPC is not a single type of cell population. In this study, …

Background The aim of this study was to compare the safety and efficacy of biodegradable-polymer
(BP) drug-eluting stents (DES), bare metal stents (BMS), and durable-polymer DES …

Background— Two types of cells are cultured from the human peripheral blood, early endothelial
progenitor cells (EPCs) and outgrowth endothelial cells (OECs), as previously reported…

Objectives. This study assessed the clinical utility of mitral annulus velocity in the evaluation
of left ventricular diastolic function. Background. Mitral inflow velocity recorded by Doppler …

Background— We sought to identify preoperative predictors of clinical outcomes after surgery
in patients with severe tricuspid regurgitation. Methods and Results— We prospectively …

Calcium can activate mitochondrial metabolism, and the possibility that mitochondrial Ca 2+
uptake and extrusion modulate free cytosolic [Ca 2+ ] (Ca c ) now has renewed interest. We …

Objectives : The goal of this study was to investigate the effect of pre-treatment of
mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) with growth factors (GFs) on cardiomyogenic differentiation, …

Background— The colony number of early endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) has been used
as a quantitative indicator of the number of EPCs in the blood or as a biological marker of …

Background— The efficacy of intracoronary infusion of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor
(G-CSF) mobilized peripheral blood stem cells (PBSCs) has not been compared between …