Background-Cellular cardiomyoplasty is a promising approach to improve postinfarcted cardiac function. The differentiation pathways of engrafted mesenchymal progenitor cells (MPCs) and their effects on the left ventricular function in a rat myocardial infarct heart model were analyzed. Methods and Results-A ligation model of left coronary artery of Lewis rats was used. MPCs were isolated by bone marrow cell adherence. Seven days after ligation, MPCs labeled with 4Ј,6-diamidino-2Ј-phenylindole were injected into the infarcted myocardium (nϭ8). Culture medium was injected in the infarcted myocardium of control animals (nϭ8

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The validated multivariate model Thoracoscore, described in this report for risk of in-hospital death among adult patients after general thoracic surgery was developed with national data, uses only 9 variables, and has good performance characteristics. It appears to be a valid clinical tool for predicting the risk of death.

According to these data, the quality of the medication administration process needs to be optimized in hospitals in order to minimize the incidence of iatrogenic preventable diseases.

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