Figure 6From: A comparison of the efficacy of transplantation of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells and unrestricted somatic stem cells on outcome after acute myocardial infarctionAbsolute change in ejection fraction across treatment groups. The change in EF across the three treatment groups is presented. There is a slight decline in EF in the MSC group, and improvements in EF in the USSC and cUSSC groups. The extent of change in the cUSSC group (20.7%) was significantly greater than the change in the MSC group (-5.7%) (P = 0.03). MSC: n = 6; USSC: n = 6; cUSSC: n = 5. cUSSC: guided unrestricted somatic stem cells; EF: ejection fraction; MSC: mesenchymal stem cells; USSC: unrestricted somatic stem cells.Back to article page