Author Year T(n) C(n) Cell type Cell dose (x100,000) Baseline EF Comparator arm outcome assessment surgical methods
Ang 2008 21 21 unselected BMSC 84 23.2 No sham injection MRI CABG
Hendrikx 2006 10 10 unselected BMSC 60 41.2 Heparinized saline MRI CABG
Hu 2011 31 29 unselected BMSC 131 23.7 patient own serum MRI CABG
Patel 2005 10 10 selected BMSC 22 30.1 No sham injection Echocardiography OPCAB
Stamm 2007 22 21 selected BMSC 5.8 37.7 No sham injection Echocardiography CABG
Yerebakan 2011 20 20 selected BMSC 7.2 40.8 No sham injection Echocardiography CABG
Zhao 2008 18 18 unselected BMSC 659 36.3 Heparinized saline Echocardiography CABG
T (n): Number of Treatment Group Patients; C (n): Number of Control Group Patients; EF: Ejection Fraction; BMSC: Bone Marrow Stem Cell; CABG: Coronary Artery Bypass Graft; MRI: Magnetic Resonance Imaging; OPCAB: Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Table 1: Characteristics of included studies.