Effects of peripheral blood stem cell mobilization with granulocyte-colony stimulating factor and their transcoronary transplantation after primary stent implantation for acute myocardial infarction

Transcoronary transplantation of G-CSF-mobilized PBSCs favorably influences cardiac function and can be performed without adverse periprocedural events. However, significant in-stent restenosis and reinfarction seem to occur frequently during the following 6 months.