login
Become a member
Quick Registration
Full Registration Benefits -
Free Homepages for Doctors
Free Homepages for Hospitals
Free Homepages for Medical Conference
Free Homepages for NGO's
Personal Health Record Creation
Access to all Medical Slides
Access to all Jobs & Products Sale
Tamper With The Immune System-Reduce Mortality In Heart Failure Patients
January 19, 2008 at 7:44 PM
Heart Disease News
The study, led by Dr. Guillermo Torre-Amione, cardiologist at the Methodist DeBakey Heart Centre in Houston, stated that immune modulation therapy could provide a new way of treatment for patients with heart failure.
Immune modulation therapy could provide physicians with a new way of treating large numbers of patients with heart failure, said Torre.
The activation of the immune system in patients with systolic heart failure boosts the concentration of molecules, which can injure the heart in a way that leads to heart failure.
The finding reveals that modification of this immune response is an appealing potential therapy for many patients with heart failure.
The technique involves intentionally damaging some of the patients blood cells to trick the body into producing anti-inflammatory cells, which heal the damaged heart.
While further research is needed, the ability to change or modulate the patients immune response has now been shown to be attainable as well as successful in treating certain stages of heart failure, the Lancet quoted Torre, as saying.
In the study, the research team conducted a double-blind, placebo-controlled study of a device-based IMT on 2,246 patients.
All the patients had New York Heart Association (NYHA) functional class II-IV chronic heart failure, left ventricular systolic dysfunction, and hospitalisation for heart failure or intravenous drug therapy in an outpatient setting within the past 12 months.
|
|
|
More News on: Congenital Heart Disease, Heart, Healthy Heart , Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension, Lifestyle Paths to Heart Disease, Statins, Myasthenia Gravis, Mitral Valve Prolapse, Aortic Valve Stenosis, Infective Endocarditis
 Comment & Contribute
|
Medwonders Health Network
- Health News Index
 | Quiz on Heart A quiz on heart to learn more about its functions. 
|
- News Quick Links
 |
Heart
Complete Medindia Resources
|
| News Categories: |
| » | Cardio-Pulmonary Function can be a Strong Indicator for Survival Chances of Breast Cancer Patients |
| » | Post Surgery Will the Tumour Return? New Breast Cancer Test to Predict Exactly |
| » | Scientists Develop Compound That Triggers Cancer Cell Death |
| » | Iraqi National Hopes to Find Affordable Treatment for His Cancer in India |
| » | New Technique can Help Doctors Detect Pancreatic Cancer |
| More Cancer News | |
|
