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Multi-Year Data Shows PAD Treatment Prevents Amputation

...xtremities of patients// with severe critical limb ischemia and gangrene (tissue loss). At eighteen months, the tiny arteries below the knee remained open, with a ninety-one percent success rate, thus preventing amputation. This success rate was consistent in all patients who were consecutively enrolled over ...

Indian American Launches Stem Cell Treatment of Heart Disease

...coronary artery disease develop chronic myocardial ischemia (CMI), one of the most severe forms of coronary artery disease. Source-IANS...

Role of Lifestyle Choices in Heart Risks

... the direct effects of air pollution on myocardial ischemia in patients with stable coronary heart disease. ...ountered in urban road traffic promotes myocardial ischemia in patients with existing heart conditions. Our findings strengthen the observation that exposure to...

Antioxidant Molecule Could Help Minimize Stroke-Linked Brain Damage

... "Dr. Szeto was, in fact, looking for a model of ischemia to test out SS31," Dr. Cho says. "Since we knew the molecule could pass through the blood-brain barrier -- something most drugs cannot do -- SS31 seemed to be a perfect fit." In their experiments, the Weill Cornell team induced ischemic stroke in m...

Anti-anginal Drug Not Effective in Reducing Major Cardiac Events

...events such as death// , heart attack or recurrent ischemia following acute coronary syndromes. Despite adva...ce cardiovascular death, heart attack or recurrent ischemia in moderate- to high-risk patients with non–ST-elevation (a certain pattern on an electrocardiogram)...

Human Stem Cell Therapy Restores Motor Function to Paralyzed Rats

...next year. Sixteen rats were induced spinal cord ischemia during the study, and then they were injected with with human spinal stem cells 21 days after paralysis. The researchers also injected seven other rats with with medium that did not contain stem cells. They found that three of the nine rats injecte...

Ways to Stop Organ Damage When Blood Flow Is Cut Off

...s and those with lupus. Hemorrhage is similar to ischemia in certain ways, Fleming said. When one part of the body is bleeding profusely, the body directs the blood from the non-vital organs, including the intestines, and sends more blood to the lungs, heart and brain. Because of this, some organs experienc...

Angioplasty Reduces Long-term Cardiac Risk in Heart Patients With 'silent' Ischemia

...'silent ischemia', according to a study. Cardiac ischemia is caused by insufficient blood flow to the heart muscle tissue. Silent ischemia can occur without accompanying signs or symptoms of angina (chest pain due to inadequate supply of o...

Novel Technology to Locate and Treat Tumors

...lay very important role in the study of arthritis, ischemia and stroke. Lead author Oleg Andreev said, We believe that universal medical tests to reveal many health problems at earlier stages may be developed based on pHLIP technology. Our discovery is an example of the reason that the NIH and DOD suppor...

High Blood Pressure Linked to Decreased Pain Perception in Heart Patients

...ise stress testing to diagnose possible myocardial ischemia (MI), a condition where oxygenated blood is prevented from reaching the heart because an artery has become blocked or constricted. Generally, exercise should produce pain in these situations, but some patients experience "silence" cases of MI in w...

Adult Stem Cells Show Promise for Peripheral Vascular Disease

...d comparing the relative improvement of lower limb ischemia (lack of blood supply) between transplantation of autologous peripheral blood stem cells and transplantation of bone marrow stem cells. The study is awaiting publication in a peer- reviewed journal. At 12 weeks, primary symptoms, including lower li...

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