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Cell therapy using patient's own bone marrow may present option for heart disease

Cell therapy may present an option for patients with ischemic heart disease to use their own bone marrow cells to repair the damaged areas of their hearts, and may pave the way for future treatment options, according to the ...

Cardiology created Mar 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gene therapy reprograms scar tissue in damaged hearts into healthy heart muscle

A cocktail of three specific genes can reprogram cells in the scars caused by heart attacks into functioning muscle cells, and the addition of a gene that stimulates the growth of blood vessels enhances that effect, said ...

Cardiology created Jan 04, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Invasive heart test being dramatically overused, study shows

An invasive heart test used routinely to measure heart function is being dramatically overused, especially among patients who recently underwent similar, more effective tests, according to a new study from the Stanford University ...

Cardiology created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Energy drinks improve heart function: study

Consuming energy drinks can exert acute positive benefits on myocardial performance, according to research presented today at the ESC Congress by Dr Matteo Cameli from University of Siena.

Cardiology created Aug 27, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Age and severity of heart failure associated with impairment in verbal memory

(Medical Xpress) -- Older patients with lower rates of left ventricular ejection fraction (a measure of how well the left ventricle of the heart pumps with each contraction) appear more likely than younger patients to have ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cardiac function unaffected by prior intensive insulin therapy

(HealthDay)—There was no effect of intensive versus conventional insulin therapy during the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) on cardiac parameters as assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance ...

Diabetes created Apr 12, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Estrogen treatment may help reverse severe pulmonary hypertension

UCLA researchers have found that the hormone estrogen may help reverse advanced pulmonary hypertension, a rare and serious condition that affects 2 to 3 million individuals in the U.S., mostly women, and can ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 15, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

2 years out, patients receiving stem cell therapy show sustained heart function improvement

Marked sustained improvement in all patients with zero adverse effects. For a phase I clinical trial, these results are the Holy Grail. Yet researchers from the University of Louisville and Brigham and Women's Hospital today ...

Cardiology created Nov 06, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Risk of death from heart failure is lower in women than in men

Women with chronic heart failure survive longer than their male counterparts, according to a large analysis of studies comprising data on more than 40,000 subjects. The analysis represents the largest assessment of gender ...

Cardiology created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0