Stem Cells with Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, Heart Failure Patient Shows Astonishing Improvement

PRWeb ^ | 04.27.06

[Coleus]

Cardiac MRI tests confirm a dramatic 60% increase in patient’s heart function after procedure that combines coronary artery bypass grafting surgery with adult stem cell therapy.

Bangkok, Thailand (PRWEB) April 27, 2006 -- Cardiac MRI tests confirm a dramatic 60% increase in patient’s heart function after procedure that combines coronary artery bypass grafting surgery with adult stem cell therapy. When 56 year old Thai businessman, Mr Sujin Lewwattanachotinan, underwent VesCell™ adult stem cell therapy in early July 2005 at Bangkok Heart Hospital he wasn’t expecting a miracle. Mr Lewwattanachotinan was a heart patient whose doctors had told him that there was very little chance of him leading an active life again. Then Dr. Kitipan V. Arom, Cardiothoracic Surgeon and Deputy Director at Bangkok Heart Hospital recommended VesCell from TheraVitae. On July 11th, 2005, he was treated using his own stem cells derived from a simple, painless 250cc blood donation. Mr. Lewwattanachotinan was the first patient in Thailand to undergo a new treatment that combines coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and stem cell therapy.

Four months later Mr Lewwattanachotinan made the journey from his hometown of Songkla, in the south of Thailand, north to Bangkok to undergo follow-up tests. He felt revitalized and recollects, “Before I received stem cells, I always felt tired and lethargic and could no longer work a full day. Now, a few months after I was treated using my own stem cells, I am working full-time again and exercising regularly. It’s as though the clock has been turned back!” It was on July 1st, 2005, 10 days prior to treatment, that a Cardiac MRI taken at Bangkok Heart Hospital showed Mr. Lewwattanachotinan’s Ejection Fraction (EF%) to be 31.1%. EF% is a measurement of the heart’s capacity to pump blood. His cardiologist noted at the time that the scan indicated ‘Severely reduced left ventricular systolic function’ coupled with the presence of both coronary artery disease and clinical congestive heart failure.

A little over 4 months later in mid-November, Mr Lewwattanachotinan and his family anxiously awaited the results of his second MRI scan. His left ventricular systolic function was now diagnosed as only being ‘moderately depressed’ and his EF% had increased dramatically, from 31% to 51%. The results left no room to doubt the efficacy of VesCell™ in Mr Lewwattanachotinan’s mind. When asked if he would recommend VesCell™ to others, he said with a smile, “I can’t put a price on the improvement I have seen in my life since last July. So, let’s just say that the stem cell treatment Bangkok Heart Hospital provided me with was definitely worth every penny.”

Commenting on the startling improvement shown, Jay D. Lenner Jr., Public Relations Manager at TheraVitae commented, “The doctors immediately noticed how well Khun Sujin looked when he came in for his follow up tests. But to see a 60% increase in Cardiac MRI-measured heart function really is extraordinary. Mr. Lewwattanachotinan is another example of a heart disease patient who has benefited immensely from stem cell therapy and he is now living a life he no longer thought possible.”

VesCell™ - A Natural Treatment for Heart Disease The body has natural ways of healing itself and the cardiovascular system is no exception. Angiogenic Cell Precursors (ACPs) originate in bone marrow and then circulate in the blood vessels. To manufacture VesCell, TheraVitae expands a small number of ACPs harvested from about 250cc of blood into a therapeutic quantity. VesCell is injected either through a coronary artery via catheter, or during surgery, directly into the heart muscle.

A key aspect of VesCell therapy is the advanced cell isolation and expansion technique that allows for the ACPs to be harvested from blood collected in a procedure similar to a common blood donation. VesCell uses a patient's own adult stem cells to treat Heart Disease and is a viable therapeutic possibility for heart patients without any other treatment option.

[chuckles]

The key word here is "Adult" stem cells. It should be mandated that if adult cells are used, it is in the title, and vice versa for embryonic.

People would soon associate "Adult with cure, and "embryonic", with horrible agonizing death.

[AndyTheBear]

Exactly my thought. But highlighting such a distinction would not be egalitarian. The MSM must remain perfectly neutral with respect to good and evil, right and wrong, and truth and lies.

To do this, they just emphasis the truth that suits them, and sweep other truths under the rug.

[LadyDoc]

I posted a link to the Thailand site a few days ago on my blog...
and joked that when Dick Cheyney gets the treatment, we'll know it works.

[Coleus]

Saving Lives With Adult Stem Cells

A Roswell man gave up on living, content to sit down and wait for his heart to kill him.  His family was not content. They searched and found something -- it would be a big gamble, but now the family says the payoff is nothing short of a miracle.  Bob Grinstead has traveled six months of the past year. He can clean the pool; he can do what he wants. His wife, Barbara, calls that a miracle.

“You reach over at night, and aren’t sure he’s alive to be there for you,” said Barbara Grinstead.  A year ago Bob had given up on living.  “I had basically decided I was going to read until I died,” said Bob.  Bob had four heart attacks; couldn’t raise his arms above his head; needed to sit to take a shower. “He was dying. It was painful to watch,” said Bob’s daughter, Darla McKenzie.  Then Bob made a life-or-death gamble with a lot of money.

“When you put out $39,000, you hope it’s not a scam,” Bob said.  He had heard about a stem cell procedure in Bangkok. What grabbed his attention -- it used his own stem cells.  Daughter Darla went with her Mom and Dad to make sure they didn’t get ripped off.  Bob’s blood was drawn, sent to Israel where his stem cells were multiplied, then injected into the worst parts of his heart.  “It basically changed my life. I can do what I want to do,” Bob said.  Doctors say it caused small veins to grow so more blood can flow to his heart. Bob was the first person in the world to fly to Bangkok to have the procedure done. “I’m still lazy,” Bob said. “I don’t exercise, but I could. That’s the good part.” Bob is going to windsurf next month on a beach vacation. The more controversial embryonic stem cells can be used to do more things. Adult stem cells are particularly effective around the heart.

[Museum Twenty]

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[TChris]

Bob’s blood was drawn, sent to Israel where his stem cells were multiplied, then injected into the worst parts of his heart. “It basically changed my life. I can do what I want to do,” Bob said. Doctors say it caused small veins to grow so more blood can flow to his heart.

We can count on quick FDA approval for this procedure here in the USA too, right? </sarcasm>