Infarct in Medical News

Cardium Reports on Recent Highlights, Financial Results and 2009 Outlook

... (Ad5IGF-1) is designed to enhance myocardial healing in and around the infarct zone when used as an adjunct to existing vascular-directed pharmacologic ... the heart and that the zone of heart attack related tissue damage (the infarct zone) was significantly reduced, and cardiac contractile function ...

Drug Lessens Heart Attack Injury

... the same dose of a placebo. After a median follow-up of 2.7 years, infarct size was 15 percent less and left-ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was ... death, because our primary aim here was to test the reduction of infarct size," researchers at the National Cardiovascular Centre Suita, in Osaka, ...

AMIHOT II trial data presented at TCT

... within 6 hours of symptom onset, infusion of SSO 2 into the myocardial infarct territory results in a significant reduction in the size of the 'infarct ... sites in four countries. Data from the study show that the size of the infarct zone was 6.5 percent lower in the patients treated with SSO 2 than in ...

Cell transplantation and cardiac repair

... fraction from baseline to a six-month follow-up. "Our data point toward a causal relationship between the total number of cells that participate in infarct repair and the final enhancement of cardiac function," concluded Dr. Dohman. Contact: Hans Dohman, Hospital Pro-Cardiaco, Rua Dona Mariana 219, ...

'Stent 4 Life': A campaign is launched to increase the use of primary PCI in acute coronary patients

... study with local cardiac societies in Europe and an assessment of individual requirements for a national programme. The recently announced National infarct Angioplasty Project in the UK is one such action plan. "We are convinced that this action will be of benefit to all," says the report. "Engaging ...

Cardiac imaging highlighted at Biennial ICNC-9

... the clinical decision-making process. Sessions this year include interpreting ECG-gated myocardial perfusion, how to use perfusion metabolism and infarct imaging, and choosing the right patients for cardiac CT. Debates will focus on the current controversies, including whether or not diagnostic ...

Home Defibrillators Fail to Boost Survival Rates

... is lacking after a heart attack, Bardy said. "One thing that is not standard practice is consciousness-raising," he said. "Most post-myocardial infarct [heart attack] patients don't have a discussion of mortality, don't have a discussion of cardiac arrest, don't have a discussion of what to do if ...

Folate scores a win in animal studies: Brief, high doses of B vitamin blunt damage from heart attack

... within the first 10 minutes of a heart attack, was almost equally as effective as preventive therapy in reversing muscle damage, and in lowering infarct size by a factor of 10. Folic acid is already well known to be safe to consume in high doses in the short term, and it is very inexpensive, ...

Children with sickle cell disease, silent strokes show some relief with blood transfusions

... a larger, Phase III study that is evaluating 1,800 children in the United States, Canada and Europe. That trial, called the Silent Cerebral infarct Multi-Center Clinical Trial, is headed by Michael R. DeBaun, M.D., professor of pediatrics at the School of Medicine. Through it, researchers will ...

Stem cells train heart following heart attack

... hearts contained more blood vessels, the heart muscle cells exhibited an increased activity of DNA damage repair, and the wall was thicker where the infarct had occurred. These results suggest that EPDCs have an almost instant stimulating effect on the surrounding heart tissue following transplantation. ...

Landmark trial to evaluate cardioprotective properties of insulin

... at 90 centers in the U.S. and Latin America will be recruited to participate in the two-year INTENSIVE (Intensive Insulin Therapy and Size of infarct as a Validated Endpoint by Cardiac MRI) trial. Patients in the trial, which is funded by sanofi-aventis, will be treated with two forms of insulin ...

Stem Cells Show Early Promise for Heart Problems

... into heart scar tissue, found that it did not affect heart muscle functioning. "It was safe but didn't improve systolic function, didn't reduce infarct size and didn't influence global left ventricular function," said study lead author Dr. Manuel Galinanes, professor of cardiac surgery at the ...

Scientists Demonstrate Heart Cell Replication in Mice

... rats, a patch that had been incubated with periostin was placed over the infarct site, while the rest received Gelfoam only. Twelve weeks later, ... rats also had less scarring of heart tissue, a reduction in infarct size, and a denser network of blood vessels feeding the area. In contrast, ...

Race Takes Back Seat to Diabetes and High Blood Pressure

... failure. 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 ...

Who Gets Heart Failure? Race Takes Back Seat to Diabetes and High Blood Pressure

... failure. 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 ...

Antioxidant Molecule Could Help Minimize Stroke-Linked Brain Damage

... the Weill Cornell team induced ischemic stroke in mice, then treated the mice soon after with SS31. The results were impressive. "The size of infarct -- tissue damage -- in the mouse brain cortex was significantly reduced in the treated vs. untreated animals," Dr. Pinto says. Another ...

Scientists Claim Developing A New Skin Test For The Early Detection Of Alzheimer’

... with Alzheimer's was different from those seen in tissues from other people, including patients with dementia caused by Parkinson's disease, multiple infarct dementia and Huntington's chorea. ...

Stem Cell Therapy For Heart Attack Found To Be Ineffective

... was given in the form of an injection. Although G-CSF protein produced a satisfactory mobilization of bone marrow stem cells, the size of the infarct or the left ventricular function remained unaltered following a heart attack. Furthermore, no increased risk of restenois or other adverse cardiac ...

The Link Between Migraine And Brain Lesions Questioned

... during migraine-free periods. Researchers did not find a significant difference between patients with migraines and the control groups in overall infarct presence. However, migraine patients did have a higher presence of infarcts in the cerebellar region, the area responsible for the regulation of ...

Brain Infarctions Found In Patients Suffering From Migraine

... during migraine-free periods. Researchers did not find a significant difference between patients with migraines and the control groups in overall infarct presence. However, migraine patients did have a higher presence of infarcts in the cerebellar region, the area responsible for the regulation of ...

Brain Infarctions Found In Patients Suffering From Migraine

... during migraine-free periods. Researchers did not find a significant difference between patients with migraines and the control groups in overall infarct presence. However, migraine patients did have a higher presence of infarcts in the cerebellar region, the area responsible for the regulation of ...