Sentences with phrase «damage caused by a heart attack»

Stem cells are being tested elsewhere in the medical research world to see if they can repair heart muscle damage caused by heart attacks, for instance.

Heart failure can develop on its own or in the wake of damage caused by a heart attack, with the current study looking at the latter, Prabhu says.

Thanks to new technological advances, the test is now widely used to diagnose numerous cardiovascular conditions, including congestive heart failure, coronary heart disease, and the extent of heart muscle damage caused by heart attacks (some of which may go unrecognized with less sensitive technology).

Once inside, they could begin to repair the damage caused by a heart attack.

«Our findings uncover the direct coupling of these two important pathways and raise the prospect of therapeutic manipulation of the UPR to lessen the damage caused by heart attack and stroke,» said Dr. Joseph A. Hill, Professor of Internal Medicine and Molecular Biology, and senior author of the study published in the March 13 issue of Cell.

But the damage caused by a heart attack can result in heart failure — and patients diagnosed with heart failure have an average life expectancy of less than five years, according to Dr. Chuck Murry, director of the Center for Cardiovascular Biology at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Researchers and clinicians imagined using stem cells to undo the damage caused by a heart attack.