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Heart Attack
Scientists at Seoul National University report research in heart attack
August 25th, 2008
In this recent study, researchers in Seoul, South Korea conducted a study "To evaluate the effects of stem cell therapy on restoration of the left ventricular (LV) synchronous contraction in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). 40 patients with AMI who underwent successful coronary revascularisation were randomly allocated to the cell infusion or the control group." "Evaluations were performed with echocardiographic tissue synchronisation imaging to determine LV dyssynchrony and with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging to estimate LV ejection fraction (LVEF) at baseline and at 6 months. To quantify the severity of systolic LV dyssynchrony, the standard...
Source: Stem Cell Week (2008-08-25)
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