PRP is a natural reserver of various growth factors that can be collected autologously and is costeffective. Thus for clinical use, no special considerations concerning antibody formation and infection risk are needed.Some clinical devices to automatically prepare PRP are available at present. PRP are consistently being used clinically inthe department of orthopedics and plastic surgery (oral, maxillary facial) for a long time. On the basis of researchevidence, some publications have reported positive results in either bone or soft tissue healing. However, some researchconcludes that there is no or little benefit from PRP. This is likely due to faster degradation of growth factors in PRP sincesome authors suggest using sustained release form of PRP to deliver optimal effect of PRP. Gelatin hydrogel is also beingused clinically as a slow, sustained release of carrier for growth factors in our center recently.

Our results show that RPC attenuated IRI in murine hindlimb ischaemia, possibly through endogenous adenosine receptor activation, and that RPC might serve as a promising therapeutic option for treating serious limb ischaemia.

Reoperative aortic root replacement represents complex procedures carrying significant morbidity and mortality. Chronic lung disease, prior myocardial infarction, and concomitant mitral valve surgery were risk factors for operative mortality. Age, peripheral artery disease, emergency, and concomitant mitral valve surgery were risk factors for long-term mortality.

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Diabetic and normal mice with ischemic hindlimb were randomly assigned to 1 of 5 experimental groups (no treatment, sarpogrelate 50 mg . kg(-1) . day(-1), 20 microg or 50 microg Sr-bFGF and a combined treatment of 20 microg Sr-bFGF and sarpogrelate), and treated for 4 weeks. Tissue blood perfusion (TBP), vascular density (angiogenesis) and the number of mature vessels (arteriogenesis) were checked by the use of standard methods. Although angiogenesis was comparable (161+/-14 vs 154+/-12 vessels/mm(2)), the laser Doppler perfusion image index (LDPII) (0.43+/-0.11 (SD) vs 0.63+/-0.08, p<0.05) and arteriogenesis (8+/-3 vs 12+/-4 vessels/mm(2), p<0.05) were significantly lower in DM mice than those in normal mice. The dose of Sr-bFGF for the sufficient number of mature vessels (>or=45 vessels/mm(2)) and LDPII (>or=0.9) was 20 microg for the normal mice, and 50 microg for the DM mice, which was reduced with the aid of sarpogrelate. Conclusions A combined therapy of Sr-bFGF and sarpogrelate is effective for neovascularization to reverse the impaired arteriogenesis and TBP in DM mice.