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Abbreviations: AIDS = acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, ART = antiretroviral therapy, COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, EBV = Epstein-Barr virus, HHV-8 = human herpesvirus 8, HIV = human immunodeficiency virus, IRIS = immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome, KICS = KSHV inflammatory cytokine syndrome, KSHV = Kaposi sarcomaassociated herpesvirus, LIP = lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia, MAC = Mycobacterium avium complex, MCD = multicentric Castleman disease, MTC = multilocular thymic cyst, PAH = pulmonary arterial hypertension

PCD can be effective for managing perforated appendicitis in children. Children with large and ill-defined abscess might be at increased risk for complication or recurrence.

Background-Skeletal myoblast (SKMB) transplantation has been proposed as a therapy for ischemic cardiomyopathy due to its possible role in myogenesis. The relative safety and efficacy based on location within scar is not known. We hypothesized that SKMB transplanted into peripheral scar (compared to central scar) would more effectively attenuate negative left ventricular (LV) remodeling but at the risk of arrhythmia.