Sunday, July 26, 2009

Louisville man gets groundbreaking cardiac stem cell treatment

Louisville man gets groundbreaking cardiac stem cell treatment"After two heart attacks, Michael Jones of Louisville suffered heart failure that made him so weak he could manage only a few football passes now and then with his grandson. But after becoming one of the world's first heart patients to get an infusion of cardiac stem cells, Jones said he works out on a treadmill and bike and feels invigorated. 'I hope to have as normal a life as anyone,' 'the self-employed painting and remodeling contractor said at a news conference Friday. 'I might even start jogging again.' Jones, 66, received an infusion of his own stem cells through a minimally invasive catheterization procedure on July 17 - as part of a clinical trial being conducted by a team of University of Louisville physicians at Jewish Hospital

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