NOEDIR ANTONIO GROPPO STOLF
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Departamento de Cardio-Pneumologia, Faculdade de Medicina - Docente
LIM/11 - Laboratório de Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Fisiopatologia da Circulação, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/11 - Laboratório de Cirurgia Cardiovascular e Fisiopatologia da Circulação, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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- Long-Term and Sustained Therapeutic Results of a Specific Promonocyte Cell Formulation in Refractory Angina: ReACT (R) (Refractory Angina Cell Therapy) Clinical Update and Cost-Effective Analysis(2015) HOSSNE JR., Nelson Americo; CRUZ, Eduardo; BUFFOLO, Enio; COIMBRA, Anna Carolina Teixeira de Siqueira Mac Dowell; MACHADO, Janaina; GOLDENBERG, Regina Coeli dos Santos; REGAZZI, Germana; AZEVEDO, Silvia; INVITTI, Adriana Luckow; BRANCO, Joao Nelson Rodrigues; OLIVEIRA, Jose Salvador Rodrigues de; STOLF, Noedir Antonio Groppo; MILLER, Leslie W.; SANBERG, Paul R.Mononuclear stem cells have been studied for their potential in myocardial ischemia. In our previous published article, ReACT (R) phase I/II clinical trial, our results suggest that a certain cell population, promonocytes, directly correlated with the perceived angiogenesis in refractory angina patients. This study is ReACT's clinical update, assessing long-term sustained efficacy. The ReACT phase HAM noncontrolled, open-label, clinical trial enrolled 14 patients with refractory angina and viable ischemic myocardium, without ventricular dysfunction, who were not suitable for myocardial revascularization. The procedure consisted of direct myocardial injection of a specific mononuclear cell formulation, with a certain percentage of promonocytes, in a single series of multiple injections (24-90; 0.2 ml each) into specific areas of the left ventricle. Primary endpoints were Canadian Cardiovascular Society Angina Classification (CCSAC) improvement at the 12-month follow-up and ischemic area reduction (scintigraphic analysis) at the 12-month follow-up, in correlation with ReACT's formulation. A recovery index (for patients with more than 1 year follow-up) was created to evaluate CCSAC over time, until April 2011. Almost all patients presented progressive improvement in CCSAC beginning 3 months (p =0.002) postprocedure, which was sustained at the 12-month follow-up (p =0.002), as well as objective myocardium ischemic area reduction at 6 months (decrease of 15%, p <0.024) and 12 months (decrease of 100%, p <0.004) The recovery index (n=10) showed that the patients were graded less than CCSAC 4 for 73.9 +/- 24.2% over a median follow-up time of 46.8 months. After characterization, ReACT's promonocyte concentration suggested a positive correlation with CCSAC improvement (r=-0.575, p =0.082). Quality of life (SF-36 questionnaire) improved significantly in almost all domains. Cost-effectiveness analysis showed decrease in angina-related direct costs. Refractory angina patients presented a sustained long-term improvement in CCSAC and myocardium ischemic areas after the procedure. The long-term follow-up and strong improvement in quality of life reinforce effectiveness. Promonocytes may play a key role in myocardial neoangiogenesis. ReACT dramatically decreased direct costs.
- Geraldo Verginelli, the search for elegance and perfectionism in cardiovascular surgery(2015) STOLF, Noedir A. G.; BRAILE, Domingo M.
- Anatomia da circulação medular(2015) AMATO, Alexandre Campos Moraes; STOLF, Noedir Antônio GroppoAbstractThe intricate three-dimensional vascular anatomy of the spinal cord is still not completely understood, and its terminology varies between studies. In view of its importance in spinal ischemia, an analysis is needed of the anatomic vocabulary used to describe the spinal cord blood supply to improve understanding of the subject. The main supply is the Adamkiewicz artery, also known as great anterior radicular artery. The literature was reviewed to equate the different nomenclatures employed and an accurate description of current knowledge on spinal cord vascularization was prepared.