Heart Disease

Click on the link below, to hear more about participating in clinical trials, including the benefits for patients and society.

If you or a family member have recently had a heart attack, or are living with heart failure, then information on these videos may help you better understand your condition.

Module 1: Watch how your heart works including what can cause a myocardial infarction or heart attack.

 

Module 2: Watch a video on treatment for a myocardial infarction or heart attack and what lasting damage may be caused by a heart attack.

 

 

Repairing the Heart: The Possibility of Cell Therapy

Watch to learn more about how stem cells may help your heart after a heart attack or myocardial infarction. This video will also provide information on the CCTRN clinical trials, which are trying to find out if stem cells taken from your bone marrow can be placed into injured heart muscle to improve your heart's function.

 

 

After a Heart Attack: Know the Facts

Click to read an informative brochure on what a healthy heart does, how a heart attack can cause lasting damage to a heart and how stem cells may help.