Scientists turn scar tissue into beating heart muscle
Thursday, April 19th, 2012
Scientists have successfully transformed the sort of scar tissue caused by heart attacks into living, beating heart muscle. read more
Posts Tagged ‘Heart Muscle’
Restoring Heart Muscle Function With Pelvic Bone Stem Cells
Saturday, April 14th, 2012
Researchers from the Orlando Health Heart Institute are exploring how to restore tissue and improve heart function after muscle damage from heart attacks with stem cells from pelvic bone marrow, as it may improve the heartbeat. The ORMC#39;s leading researcher for the clinical trial, Vijaykumar S. Kasi, MD, PhD, an interventional cardiologist, director, Cardiovascular Research, explains: quot;The ...
Speaker urges Sacred Heart students to exercise their ‘choice muscle’
Monday, April 2nd, 2012
Sacred Heart School students got to exercise their “choice muscle” and learned about spiritual growth Monday morning. Catholic motivational speaker Mike Patin had students in kindergarten through sixth grade clapping, standing, singing and giggling throughout his 45-minute program.
Antiplatelet drug reduces damage to heart muscle in heart attack patients
Monday, March 26th, 2012
( Cardiovascular Research Foundation ) Researchers have found that the antiplatelet drug abciximab significantly decreased damage to the heart muscle in patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction, the most severe type of heart attack. Results of INFUSE-AMI trial were presented today at the ACC#39;s 61st Annual Scientific Session and published simultaneously in the March 25th online ...
Stem cells heal heart attack scars, regrow healthy muscle
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
17 heart attack patients treated with stem cells saw almost 50 percent reduction in scars