Stem Cell Therapy for Congenital Heart Disease
Tsilimigras DI, Oikonomou EK, Moris D, Schizas D, Economopoulos KP, Mylonas KS. Stem Cell Therapy for Congenital Heart Disease. Circulation 2017, 136: 2373-2385. PMID: 29229621, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.117.029607.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsCongenital heart diseaseCell therapyHeart diseaseClinical trialsGold standard treatment modalityHypoplastic left heart syndromePulmonary artery hypertensionRight ventricle dysfunctionStandard treatment modalityAlternative treatment optionLarge clinical studiesStem cell deliveryQuality of lifeCell-based therapeutic strategiesArtery hypertensionStem cell-based therapeutic strategiesVentricle dysfunctionSurgical palliationVolume overloadHeart syndromeSafety profileCell-seeded graftsCochrane LibraryTreatment optionsTreatment modalitiesDetecting human coronary inflammation by imaging perivascular fat
Antonopoulos AS, Sanna F, Sabharwal N, Thomas S, Oikonomou EK, Herdman L, Margaritis M, Shirodaria C, Kampoli AM, Akoumianakis I, Petrou M, Sayeed R, Krasopoulos G, Psarros C, Ciccone P, Brophy CM, Digby J, Kelion A, Uberoi R, Anthony S, Alexopoulos N, Tousoulis D, Achenbach S, Neubauer S, Channon KM, Antoniades C. Detecting human coronary inflammation by imaging perivascular fat. Science Translational Medicine 2017, 9 PMID: 28701474, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aal2658.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPerivascular adipose tissueFat attenuation indexVascular inflammationSubclinical coronary artery diseaseHuman adipose tissue explantsHuman vesselsLipid accumulationHuman coronary vasculatureAcute coronary syndromeCoronary artery diseaseVulnerable atherosclerotic plaquesIntracellular lipid accumulationHuman coronary arteriesAdipocyte lipid contentAdipose tissue explantsPositron emission tomographyCT scan informationCoronary inflammationCoronary syndromeArtery diseaseCardiac surgeryValidation cohortCoronary arteryMultiple disease statesTissue inflammation