When heart cells are lost they are gone forever.
Heart valve stem cell treatment.
Additionally they re not all the same.
In a study published last february in the lancet researchers treated 17 heart attack patients with an infusion of stem cells taken from their own hearts.
There they may help heal damaged tissue.
However improvement in heart function is still modest with latest stem cell therapies for broken hearts.
Can stem cells help treat heart failure.
There is no cure for heart failure.
Stem cells are nature s own transformers.
Most treatment for heart failure can only slow it down or ease your symptoms.
In the past i have written several stories about stem cell use for heart valve.
Soon it may be possible to fix what causes it.
Stem cell therapy is currently the most promising avenue toward cardiovascular regeneration.
Common causes of heart failure include cardiomyopathy hypertension heart valve problems and coronary artery disease.
Helping the body heal itself.
That said i thought you might find this video very interesting.
Doctors are testing whether stem cells can repair or replace damaged.
Some come from the bone marrow a modest number of others from the heart itself.
When the body is injured stem cells travel the scene of the accident.
A new treatment using stem cells which have the potential to grow into a variety of heart cell types could potentially repair and regenerate damaged heart tissue.