Stem Cell Research continues to show that Adult Stem Cells can help Dilated Cardiomyopathy patients. Before Adult Stem Cell treatment, there really was no treatment for cardiomyopathy, just a drug regimen to minimize the symptoms of the dreaded heart disease eventually resulting in congestive heart failure and then a heart transplant or death.
Adult Stem Cells Giving Hope
Adult Stem Cell research has given us new hope. Patients like Leonard Narracci are living examples of how this new stem cell therapy can help. Leonard previously wrote me and informed me of his stem cell treatment for his cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure on October 8th, 2008. He reported that 7 weeks after his treatment, his ejection fraction (a measure of the heart’s pumping ability) had gone from 18% all the way to 33%. Not only that, he had renewed energy and sense of well-being that he had not experienced in 3 years!
That was in December- 3 months after the stem cell research had worked its magic on Leonard. Now, more than 6 months after the adult stem cells were implanted, Leonard has more good news.
6 Months After Stem Cell Treatment- Good News!
His ejection fraction has gone up from 18% before treatment to 51% 6 months post stem cell treatment.
From the stem cell press release:
It goes against traditional theory that we should try to fix damaged heart muscle, but we are generating new heart tissue with impressive results that improve cardiac function and quality of life,” said Dr. Leonel Fernandez Liriano, Professor of Medicine at Pontifical Catholic University School of Medicine (PCUSM), and the head of the cardiology team that treated the patient with adult stem cells.
Grekos states, “After comparing this patient’s echocardiogram and MUGA nuclear scans before and after treatment, we are very pleased to see a profound increase in cardiac function.”
More on Stem Cell Research for Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Good to hear from Leonard again. We also covered 2 other dilated cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure patients who are doing well after adult stem cell therapy- Mike Rumble and Dan Jackson.
original post by Don Margolis
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