Heart Valve Stem Cell Therapy

Considering my fascination with medical technology i recently came across an interesting video about the use of stem cells to create heart valve replacements for the treatment of valvular disorders including aortic stenosis and mitral regurgitation.

Heart valve stem cell therapy.

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. Cell therapy for heart failure safety and efficacy of the intravenous infusion of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells in patients with heart failure. Myocardial infarction is the leading cause of death worldwide. Cardiovascular stem cell therapy revascularization procedures are one option for restoring blood flow in people with ischemic heart disease and peripheral artery disease.

Heart failure is a debilitating condition affecting 750 000 britons. In a pioneering procedure stem cells are being used to grow new blood vessels to cure the problem forever. There is no cure for heart failure. Stem cells are nature s own transformers.

In cases where revascularization is not possible or advisable researchers are studying how stem cell therapy might be used to repair injured muscle or stimulate blood vessel. With respect to the heart stem cells have the ability to not only home into the damaged areas but also to initiate a cascade of biological events. When the body is injured stem cells travel the scene of the accident. Can stem cells help treat heart failure.

Currently medical pharmaceutical and device based therapies only delay the progression of the disease and do not actually repair the heart. There they may help heal damaged tissue. 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. Additionally they re not all the same.

A phase 1 2. Some come from the bone marrow a modest number of others from the heart itself. In the past i have written several stories about stem cell use for heart valve. Common causes of heart failure include cardiomyopathy hypertension heart valve problems and coronary artery disease.

The difficulty is that the heart cells made with stem cells resemble the heart cells of an infant rather than adult heart cells. Cardiac regeneration is a broad effort that aims to repair irreversibly damaged heart tissue with cutting edge science including stem cell and cell free therapy. That said i thought you might find this video very interesting. Stem cells can now be used to correct heart and valve degeneration.