Ectopic Ossification in the Scar Tissue of Rats with Myocardial Infarction

We describe the occurrence of bone-like formations in the left ventricular wall of infarcted rats treated or not with bone marrow cells injected systemically or locally into the myocardium. The incidence of ectopic calcification in hearts has been reported in rare cases in children with infarcts wit...

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Main Authors: Karla Consort Ribeiro, Elisabete César Mattos, João Pedro Saar Werneck-de-Castro, Vanessa Pinho Ribeiro, Ricardo Henrique Costa-e-Sousa, Amarildo Miranda, Emerson Lopes Olivares, Marcos Farina, José Geraldo Mill, Regina Coeli dos Santos Goldenberg, Masako Oya Masuda, Antônio Carlos Campos de Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2006-05-01
Series:Cell Transplantation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3727/000000006783981864