News tagged with infarct
Clue to normal-tension glaucoma; herpes infection and corneal transplants
Jul 01, 2009 |
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The July issue of Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, includes two studies that may influence clinical treatment of serious eye conditions. One study reports on silent cerebral infarcts (SCI) ...
Migraines with aura in midlife associated with increased prevalence of brain lesions in older age
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Middle-aged women who had migraine headaches with aura (sensory disturbances, such as with vision, balance or speech) had a higher prevalence of brain lesions when they were older, compared to individuals without similar ...
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The benefits of reperfusion therapy
Sep 01, 2009 |
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The wider use of reperfusion therapy in patients with heart attack (AMI) can save millions of lives in Europe. Effective reperfusion therapy in an AMI patient can cut the individual risk of dying by half. AMI is caused by ...
Innovative MRI-based technique
Dec 02, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new approach to the early prediction of the evolution of cerebral infarcts caused by stroke has just been evaluated on nearly 100 patients. The NEURiNFARCT technique yields an estimate of ...
Cardiac patches stimulate regeneration, improve function after heart attack
Jul 17, 2007 |
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When human hearts are injured, as during a heart attack, healthy tissue normally can’t regrow. Researchers now demonstrate in rats that a sponge-like patch, soaked in a compound called periostin and placed over the injury, ...
Bone marrow cells may significantly reduce risk of second heart attack
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Cells from heart attack survivors' own bone marrow reduced the risk of death or another heart attack when they were infused into the affected artery after successful stent placement, according to research reported in the ...
Stem cells train heart following heart attack
Nov 21, 2007 |
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Injecting adult stem cells into a heart following a heart attack (infarction) improves the heart function and strengthens the heart wall.
Landmark trial to evaluate cardioprotective properties of insulin
Nov 09, 2007 |
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The ability of insulin to limit heart-tissue damage during a heart attack will be tested in a landmark clinical trial led by Paresh Dandona, M.D., Ph.D., University at Buffalo Distinguished Professor in the departments of ...
Study: Added oxygen during stroke reduces brain tissue damage
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 19, 2009 |
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Scientists have countered findings of previous clinical trials by showing that giving supplemental oxygen to animals during a stroke can reduce damage to brain tissue surrounding the clot.
Cell transplantation and cardiac repair
Jul 01, 2009 |
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The frontiers of cell transplantation for cardiac repair are discussed in the current issue of Cell Transplantation (Vol. 18 No.3), now available on-line.
Folate scores a win in animal studies: Brief, high doses of B vitamin blunt damage from heart attack
Mar 27, 2008 |
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Long known for its role in preventing anemia in expectant mothers and spinal birth defects in newborns, the B vitamin folate, found in leafy green vegetables, beans and nuts has now been shown to blunt the damaging effects ...
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