Table 2 Etiology of Deaths in Patients with BM-MNC Implantation and Historical Controls without BM-MNC Implantation over 10 Years.

From: Review of the Long-term Effects of Autologous Bone-Marrow Mononuclear Cell Implantation on Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Critical Limb Ischemia

Cause of death

Historical control

(n = 8)

BM-MNC implantation group

(n = 17)

Myocardial infarction, n

1

3

Heart failure, n

1

3

Stroke, n

0

3

Sepsis, n

2

4

Malignancy, n

0

1

Upper gastrointestinal bleed, n

0

1

Lower gastrointestinal bleed, n

0

1

Intestinal obstruction, n

0

1

Renal failure, n

1

0

Unknown, n

2

0

  1. BM-MNC indicates bone-marrow mononuclear cell.
  2. Major cardiovascular events include death from cardiovascular disease, myocardial infarction and stroke.
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