Fig. 4
CFU-F counts from sternal BM of ischemic (IHD) and non-ischemic valvular heart disease (VHD) patients. The BMMC separated from sternal BM were seeded in values varying between 5 × 105 and 1 × 107 cells. a Bars show the average number of colony forming unit-fibroblast (CFU-F) counted after 14 days and related to 1 × 106 BMMC seeded for each disease. b Representative image of CFU-F from IHD (upper wells) and VHD (bottom wells) samples in different concentrations of seeding