Bone marrow cells work to treat heart failure

According to German scientists, patients with chronic heart failure who receive their own spinal stem cells will have a healthier heart and can live longer.

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For years doctors have tried to use various forms of stem cells to treat cardiovascular diseases and have obtained different results.

This new study shows that stem cell therapy has a role in patients with chronic heart failure.

The study, published in the journal Science Daily, said scientists at Duesseldorf's Heinrich Heine conducted experiments on 391 patients, of which 191 agreed to use spinal stem cell therapy and 200 people disagree.

These spinal stem cells are taken from the heads of the pelvis of the patient and stored in the laboratory before being injected back into the heart area where they improve ventricular function - that is, the ability to pump blood of the heart.

The results showed that only 7 patients in the spinal stem cell treatment group died of heart failure compared with 32 in the comparison group. A relatively big difference.

Dr. Bodo-Eckehard Strauer, director of the study, said: "The treatment of spinal stem cell therapy can improve the quality of life, enhance ventricular function and thereby increase the chance of survival. for patients."

Heart failure occurs when the heart muscle loses its ability to pump blood to the entire body effectively, and thus often causes heart attacks.