Heart Valve Stem Cell Treatment

Helping the body heal itself.

Heart valve stem cell treatment.

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. 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. Soon it may be possible to fix what causes it. There is no cure for heart failure.

Doctors are testing whether stem cells can repair or replace damaged. Can stem cells help treat heart failure. However improvement in heart function is still modest with latest stem cell therapies for broken hearts. It has disproved what was once conventional wisdom about the heart.

In the past i have written several stories about stem cell use for heart valve. Stem cells are nature s own transformers. Most treatment for heart failure can only slow it down or ease your symptoms. Common causes of heart failure include cardiomyopathy hypertension heart valve problems and coronary artery disease.

When heart cells are lost they are gone forever. Stem cell therapy is currently the most promising avenue toward cardiovascular regeneration. 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. When the body is injured stem cells travel the scene of the accident.

Some come from the bone marrow a modest number of others from the heart itself. 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.