Endothelial Progenitor Cells for Diagnosis and Prognosis in Cardiovascular Disease

Table 6

CVD and EPCs.

Study	Population	Effect on EPCs number
Heeschen et al. [81]	CAD versus healthy	NE
George et al. [82]	Unstable angina versus stable angina	↑ EPCs, ↑ CFU-ECs
Shintani et al. [83]	AMI versus stable angina	↑ CD34+, ↑ CFU-ECs
Massa et al. [84]	AMI versus healthy	↑ CD34+/KDR+
Ghani et al. [85]	Cerebral disease versus healthy	↓ CFU-ECs
Taguchi et al. [86]	Acute cerebral infarction	↓ CD34+/CD133+
Yip et al. [87]	Cerebral disease versus CVR	↑ EPCs

NE: no effect, CAD: coronary artery disease, AMI: acute myocardial infarction, and CVR: cardiovascular risk.