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If you're like most people, think that heart disease is a problem for others. But heart disease is the number one killer in the United States. It is also a major cause of disability. There are many forms of heart disease. The most common cause of heart disease is narrowing or blockage of the coronary arteries, the blood vessels that supply blood to the heart. This is called coronary artery disease and happens slowly over time. It is the most important cause for which people have heart attacks.
Uncover some new facts about heart problems:
It's unbelievable that a relatively stable and permanent solution to heart failure has been developed in the form of gene therapy. According to an ongoing research in Mount Sinai school of medicine, the high dose of this gene therapy known as SERCA2a has shown good results in the form of stable heart functioning when given to the patients of severe heart failure. This is a really significant discovery that is going to be a big revolution in the heart care industry as there is no previously known treatment for heart failure patients.
Heart failure is a very complicated situation and is significantly life risking. There are different treatments that are used in this regard but these are not sufficient as the ratio of heart failure remains uncontrolled. The advanced surgical procedures are used for this purpose. Gene therapy has been under investigation for quite some time and the success of its test observations is a huge milestone in the treatment of heart diseases. Heart failure significantly effects the pumping of blood into body thus affecting other organs as well. The gene therapy actively stimulates the cardiac cells by secreting an enzyme within these cells. The SERCA2a is administered into the body with the help of a virus vector that acts as the carrier of the medication.
The major benefit of this treatment lies in its effectiveness as compared to other treatments and it does not require any hospitalization. Secondly, the subsequent side effects of the treatment are minimal as compared to other methods and that is a really appealing thing about this gene therapy. The virus carriers used for the transportation of the medication have been proved to be harmless.
According to Dr. Hajjar who is the team lead at the Mount Sinai school of medicine says that this treatment is very effective for the patients with advanced heart failure. Many heart failure treatments involving the use of medications and devices inserted into the heart have played a major role in the fight against mortality from heart failure. But severe heart problems particularly heart failure can be treated with the help of gene therapy as it has given hope to the heart failure patients all over the world.
In conclusion, all the heart failure patients can take advantage of this new advancement and get rid of this complicated and painful situation.
