Heart Muscle Repair, Heart Attack and Stem Cell Therapy

The damaged heart can progress through various stages including inflammation, heart cell injury and death, scar formation, compensation by adjacent tissue and perhaps gradual degeneration towards congestive heart failure. Until recently, non-invasive methods of restoring heart function included hyperbaric oxygen and external counterpulsation. Currently, a variety of cord stem cells (CD34+, CD133+, and cord mesenchymal stem cells) and growth factors are being considered that would help repair damaged blood vessels as well as restore heart muscle cell (cardiomyocyte) function in the injured areas of the heart. Click here to see the heart muscle research supporting these statements.
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