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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Acad Radiol. 2011 Jan;18(1):3–12. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2010.09.006

Table 1.

Reasons for exclusion and the final group size

Total animals used Death after surgery Improper injection of cellsa Infarct size<10% or >30% of LV mass Final group size
Control 10 1 not applicable 2 7
ESC-treated 24 4 6 5 9
a

An improper injection of cells into the left ventricular lumen led to BL signal on the right thoracic abdominal region and an absence of hypointense MRI signal inside the myocardial wall.