Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Stem cells studied as heart-attack treatment

Source: Chicago Sun-Times
Date: March 1, 2006

BY JIM RITTER Health Reporter

The heart is seldom the same after a heart attack.

After a blood clot shuts off blood flow in a coronary artery, heart muscle dies. Many survivors wind up with irregular heartbeats, congestive heart failure or repeat heart attacks.

In a new approach to treating heart disease, researchers are trying to reverse the damage by growing new heart muscle with stem cells.

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