VEGFC and myocardial infarction: Nevertheless, they also employed a different approach with an i.p injection of an adeno-associated viral vector encoding VEGF-C(C156S) (AAV-VEGF-C(C156S)) 7 days before MI and observed an increase in lymphangiogenesis 7 days post-MI as well as a decrease in both T-cells and pro-inflammatory macrophages in the viable left ventricle but not in the infarcted area 21 days post-MI.