What Caught Our Attention: In the span of 48 hours, PLOS ONE retracted two papers this month that were co-authored by Bo Yu, based at Key Laboratories of Education Ministry
for Myocardial Ischemia Mechanism and Treatment and The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University in China.
Not exact matches
«Essentially, they showed me that a large number of traffic incidents are caused by medical conditions while driving, specifically cardiovascular events, such as
myocardial infraction and
myocardial ischemia,» says Najarian, director of data science at the Michigan Center
for Integrative Research in Critical Care.
About 6 million patients are seen in EDs annually
for chest pain or other symptoms suggestive of
myocardial ischemia (decreased blood flow to the heart).
«We do show that obstructive coronary artery disease and
myocardial ischemia remain the strongest predictors of future cardiovascular events, but
for the first time, in a randomized comparison we demonstrate the ability of CT angiography (CTA) to identify a large group of at - risk patients who would have been missed by functional stress testing,» says Hoffmann, who is director of the MGH Cardiac MR PET CT Program.
«Based on the results seen with ADRCs in the PRECISE trial, we designed ATHENA to look at these cells as a possible treatment option
for people with refractory chronic
myocardial ischemia.»
Dr. Henry presented «Final Results
for THE ATHENA TRIALS: Autologous Adipose Derived Regenerative Cells (ADRCs)
for Refractory Chronic
Myocardial Ischemia with Left Ventricular (LV) Dysfunction» on Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. ET.
Skeletal myoblasts have been considered as possible candidates
for treatment of
myocardial ischemia as well.
Both groups were then monitored
for changes in treadmill exercise time before the onset of
myocardial ischemia.