Thursday, November 09, 2006

In the fight with the infarction enter... stem cells

The completely revolutionary treatment, which is consisted in the injection of their own stem cells, expects the victims of heart attack.

The discussion deals about the fact that the patients had to take from bone marrow stem cells and to introduce them into the heart muscle. Moreover made this must be during five it is hour after infarction.

At this time them they will subject to extraordinary angioplasty, procedure, with the aid of which reveal the stopped up arteries.

As studies showed, stem cells of bone marrow have an ability to restore heart muscle and to form new blood vessels. This procedure, assume physicians, it can avoid the stopping of heart.

The London hospital, which is specialized in the treatment of heart diseases, assumes the patients, who are ready to participate in further studies.

since stem cells are taken in patients themselves, the ethical problems, connected with this procedure, are brought to the minimum. There is also less than the probability of the occurence of any complications , notes doctor Anthony mater, cardiologist- consultant.

In one Great Britain yearly from the heart attacks almost 700.000 people only suffer.

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