Bone marrow cells may significantly reduce risk of second heart attack

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 American Heart Association journal Circulation: Heart Failure. Benefits found early in the Reinfusion of Enriched Progenitor Cells And Infarct Remodeling in Acute M Link:  http://www.americanheart.org

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