<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Stem cell-based therapy is a new therapeutic option that can be used in patients with cardiac diseases caused by myocardial injury. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a new noninvasive imaging method with an increasingly widespread indication. The aim of this review was to evaluate the role of cardiac MRI in patients with myocardial infarction undergoing stem cell therapy. We studied the role of MRI in the assessment of myocardial viability, stem cell tracking, assessment of cell survival rate, and monitoring of the long-term effects of stem cell therapy. Based on the current knowledge in this field, this noninvasive, in vivo cardiac imaging technique has a large indication in this group of patients and plays an important role in all stages of stem cell therapy, from the indication to the long-term follow-up of patients.</p></abstract>

Stem cell-based therapy is a new therapeutic option that can be used in patients with cardiac diseases caused by myocardial injury. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a new noninvasive imaging method with an increasingly widespread indication. The aim of this review was to evaluate the role of cardiac MRI in patients with myocardial infarction undergoing stem cell therapy. We studied the role of MRI in the assessment of myocardial viability, stem cell tracking, assessment of cell survival rate, and monitoring of the long-term effects of stem cell therapy. Based on the current knowledge in this field, this noninvasive, in vivo cardiac imaging technique has a large indication in this group of patients and plays an important role in all stages of stem cell therapy, from the indication to the long-term follow-up of patients.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Myocardial Function Following Intracoronary and Intramyocardial Stem Cell Injection

Center of Advanced Research in Multimodality Cardiac Imaging

Clinic of Hematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation Unit

Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine

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Stem cell-based therapy is a new therapeutic option that can be used in patients with cardiac diseases caused by myocardial injury. Cardiac magnetic resonance...

Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Myocardial Function Following Intracoronary and Intramyocardial Stem Cell Injection

Published Online: Jul 10, 2017

Page range: 112 - 116

Received: Oct 28, 2016

Accepted: Dec 21, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jim-2017-0053

Keywords
stem cells, myocardial infarction, magnetic resonance imaging, noninvasive, in vivo

© 2017 András Mester et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Myocardial Function Following Intracoronary and Intramyocardial Stem Cell Injection

Published Online: Jul 10, 2017

Page range: 112 - 116

Received: Oct 28, 2016

Accepted: Dec 21, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jim-2017-0053

Keywordsstem cells, myocardial infarction, magnetic resonance imaging, noninvasive, in vivo

© 2017 András Mester et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
stem cells, myocardial infarction, magnetic resonance imaging, noninvasive, in vivo