Placental mesenchymal and cord blood stem cell therapy for dilated cardiomyopathy.

6/1/2008 Reprod Biomed Online. 2008 Jun;16(6):898-905 Ichim TE, Solano F, Brenes R, Glenn E, Chang J, Chan K, Riordan NH. Regenerative treatment of dilated, non-ischaemic cardiomyopathy represents a significant unmet clinical need. Intracoronary administration of autologous bone marrow stem cells has demonstrated positive results in treatment of post-infarct and chronic ischaemic patients. Limitations of this…