Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Cultured in Serum from Heart Failure Patients Are More Resistant to Simulated Chronic and Acute Stress

Table 2

Clinical characteristics of serum donors. Where applicable, data are shown as mean ± SEM. MI: myocardial infarction; CAD: coronary artery disease; NYHA: New York Heart Association functional classification; LVEDD: left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction. compared to healthy volunteers.

	Healthy volunteers ()	Heart failure patients ()
History
Age (years)	54 ± 1.60	64 ± 3.26
Gender (male/female)	7/5	9/3
Smoker	2	2
Ex-smoker	3	10
Previous MI	—	8
Time since most recent MI (years)	—	8 ± 3.39
Extent of CAD
Two vessels	—	2
Three vessels	—	10
NYHA functional class
III	—	5
IV	—	7
Echocardiogram
LVEDD (mm)	—	65 ± 2.73
LVEF (%)	—	22 ± 2.06
Pulmonary hypertension	—	3