Clinical profile of patients enroled in a cell therapy trial for severe coronary artery disease

• Published in: Journal of clinical nursing Vol. 19; no. 3-4; pp. 440 - 446
• Main Authors: Brandão, Sara MG, Schettert, Isolmar T, César, Luiz AM, Krieger, José E, De Oliveira, Sérgio A, Stolf, Noedir AG, Gowdak, Luís HW
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2010; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Aged; Bone marrow; cardiac surgery; Cardiovascular disease; Cell- and Tissue-Based Therapy; Cells; clinical profile; Clinical trials; Coronary Artery Disease - therapy; Demographics; Female; Gene therapy; Heart rate; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; nurses; Nursing; socio-economic status; Socioeconomic factors; stem cells; Taiwan

Aims and objectives.  To compare the clinical profile of patients included in a clinical trial of autologous bone marrow cells as an adjunctive therapy to coronary artery bypass grafting with that of patients undergoing routine coronary artery bypass grafting. Background.  The therapeutic potential...