Cardiovascular Pathology
Volume 19, Issue 2 , Pages e33-e36 , March 2010

Ventricular fibrillation following autologous intramyocardial cell therapy for inherited cardiomyopathy

  • Peter Pytel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    • ,
  • Aliya Husain

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    • ,
  • Ivan Moskowitz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    • Department of Pediatrics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    • ,
  • Jai Raman

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Section of Cardiac and Thoracic, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    • ,
  • Heather MacLeod

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    • ,
  • Allen S. Anderson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    • ,
  • Martin Burke

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    • ,
  • Elizabeth M. McNally

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    • Department of Human Genetics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. 5841 S. Maryland, MC6088, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. Tel.: +1 773 702 2672; fax: +1 773 702 2681.

Received 5 February 2008 ,Revised 7 August 2008 ,Accepted 15 September 2008.

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 This work was supported by a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation to E.M.M.

PII: S1054-8807(08)00125-7

doi: 10.1016/j.carpath.2008.09.004

Cardiovascular Pathology
Volume 19, Issue 2 , Pages e33-e36 , March 2010

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