Capacidad regenerativa de las células de médula ósea autólogas después de un infarto agudo de miocardio

Heart failure is considered the new cardiovascular epidemy of XXI century. Mortality and morbidity are very high, consuming more and more health resources. Most of these patients have suffered from a myocardial infarction. Stem cell therapy emerged at the beginning of this century as a new strategy for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases. The initial studies were done in small groups of patients showing benefits. Myocardial infarction is frequently investigated in this field. For the evaluation of these results magnetic resonance appears as a useful tool for the follow-up of these patients. As it usually happens with a new technique, safety problems have arisen and it is possible that in the near future new questions will arise as we still do not know how the progenitor cells we transplant or mobilize into the heart act.