Ventricular fibrillation following autologous intramyocardial cell therapy for inherited cardiomyopathy.

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A 41-year-old male with cardiomyopathy from an inherited beta myosin heavy-chain mutation underwent treatment for heart failure with intramyocardial cell transplantation. He received direct injections into his heart of autologous precursor cells isolated from his blood. He immediately suffered ventricular fibrillation. Although he was resuscitated, he experienced a prolonged downward course that prohibited his...

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