Sentences with phrase «infarcted heart»
Specifically, application of a prefabricated cardiac tissue patch to prevent dilation and to improve pumping efficiency of the infarcted heart offers a promising strategy for making stem cell therapy a clinical reality.
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ab16669 staining rat infarcted heart tissue by Immunohistochemistry (Formalin / PFA - fixed paraffin - embedded sections).
A new study suggests that overexpression of SDF1α leads to enhanced stem cell - based cardiac repair of the infarcted heart
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Two weeks after the experimental myocardial infarctions, the Seattle researchers injected 1 billion heart muscle cells derived from human embryonic stem cells, called human embryonic stem cell - derived cardiomyocytes, into the infarcted muscle.
(Cardiomyocytes derived from human embryonic stem cells in pro-survival factors enhance function of infarcted rat hearts Nature Biotechnology)
The results showed patients who received metoprolol had much smaller infarcts than those who received the control treatment, and that this smaller infarct size was linked to greater heart contractility.
In an editorial accompanying the published article in Circulation, experts from the Technische Universität and the Munich Heart Alliance, Gjin Ndrepepa and Adnan Kastrati, affirmed that, if confirmed by a subsequent analysis of large numbers of patients, the results of METOCARD - CNIC trial are likely to lead to a change in clinical practice: «In this regard, a pharmaco - protective strategy able to reduce infarct size by 20 percent when used in conjunction with primary PCI nurtures great hope in clinical benefit.»
The success of the treatment was determined by several measures: infarct size (a smaller infarct means less muscle death; wall thickening (a thicker heart wall during contraction indicates the preservation of healthy functioning heart muscle); and recanalization rates, which is a measure of restoration of blood flow to the heart.
Over all, the combination of ultrasound / microbubbles and a low dose of tPA resulted in the most significant preservation of healthy heart tissue and the smallest infarct size.
One reason for this is that women suffer «different» heart attacks: Statistically, they tend to be 10 years older at the time of the infarct and are more likely to have accompanying conditions such as diabetes.
Cardiomyocytes derived from human embryonic stem cells in pro-survival factors enhance function of infarcted rat heart.
The image was taken with a confocal laser scanning microscope and shows cells giving strong inmmunofluorescence staining for CD3 antigen (green), indicating presence of cells of T - lymphocytes origin in the infarct zone of the heart tissue, counterstained nuclei with DAPI (blue).
Cell therapy has been shown to be effective in reducing the infarct (scarring) caused by a heart attack as well as improving heart function when certain cell types are used — particularly cells from a person's own fat (adipose tissue).
After a heart attack (myocardial infarction), inflexible scar tissue known as an infarct is left while some heart muscle cells remain alive, though with inadequate blood flow.
In MESA, researchers found a reverse relationship, with African Americans having the lowest rates of heart failure due to myocardial infarct (at 25 percent), while other races had a much higher proportion: Caucasians (40 percent), Hispanics (42 percent), and Chinese Americans (100 percent.)
Researchers also observed elevation of lipid peroxide levels in heart tissue, as well as an increase in infarct size.
Silymarin (milk thistle) significantly reduced infarct size at 500 mg per kg dose, as shown by the altered serum and heart tissue.
Proper hydration is associated a reduction in hypertension, fatal coronary heart disease, venous thrombo - embolism, and cerebral infarct [24].
In a very large scale study in Denmark involving over 50,000 adults between the ages of 50 — 64 years, intake of oats has been associated with decreased risk of heart attack (also known as myocardial infarct, or MI).
Darvocet and Darvon — we are accepting Darvocet and Darvon cases where the patient sustained a heart arrhythmia requiring hospitalization, a myocardial infarct (MI), cardiac arrest or death in patients with no significant prior history of heart problems.