Abstract #3377

Effects of Autologous Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cells Transplantation through Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients with Chronic Myocardial Infarction Assessed by Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Trial

Minjie Lu¹, Shihua Zhao¹, Shiliang Jiang¹, Sheng Liu², Yan Zhang¹, Zuoxiang He³

¹Radiology, Fuwai Hospital, Beijing, China, People's Republic of; ²Cardiac Surgery, Fuwai Hospital, Beijing, China, People's Republic of; ³Nuclear Medicne, Fuwai Hospital, Beijing, China, People's Republic of

Recent studies have shown that autologous bone marrow mononuclear cell (aBM-MNC) transplantation can be effectively performed in human beings either by the coronary route or by endoventricular injections. However, scanty data are available for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).Accordingly, the aim of this study was to use an one-stop non-invasive imaging examination-MRI to evaluate the feasibility and safety of aBM-MNC transplantation in patients with chronic myocardial infarction(MI) undergoing CABG.