Delivering Stem Cells to the Heart on Biological Sutures: Effects on Regional Mechanical Function Available to Purchase

Heart failure (HF) affects over 5 million people in the US alone,¹ costs society over $10B per year in medical care costs,² and is the single most common hospital discharge diagnosis.³ Despite our advances in many areas of cardiovascular disease, we have made little progress in treating HF,⁴ largely due to the fact that few treatments actually aim to treat myocardial infarction (MI), which is the underlying cause of most cases of HF. Once a patient exhibits HF, their long-term survival is in jeopardy, exhibiting less than 50% probability of survival 5 years after diagnosis.⁴