METHODS FOR INTRAVASCULAR ENGRAFTMENT IN HEART

摘要

The invention relates to a method of engrafting donor cells into injured myocardium. The method includes delivering donor cells to a delivery site adjacent to and downstream of a chronic total occlusion and treating the chronic total occlusion. The delivery device may be a catheter with a wireguide that may be provided by a retrograde approach via an un- occluded artery or antegrade approach through the chronic total occlusion. The invention also relates to a method of treating injured myocardium and cell compositions for treatment of injured myocardium.