韩国使用SPECT评估干细胞治疗心脏病的效果

 
科学家已经证实单光子发射检查(SPECT)能够被用于评估冠状动脉心脏病或者缺血性心脏病患者使用干细胞治疗的效果。

使用心电图引导的心肌SPECT检查方法，汉城国家大学的科学家证实，干细胞治疗能够增加血流流向受损心肌，改善受损心脏的局部功能。汉城国家大学核医学科教授Dong Soo Lee医生指出：“我们的研究结果指出：干细胞能够改善心脏病发作导致的损伤，促进在受损心肌形成新的血管。”

在2005年6月加拿大多伦多举行的核医学学会第52届年会上，研究人员报道了他们的研究结果。

Evaluating Stem Cell Therapy in Heart Patients
 
Scientists have confirmed that single photon emission (SPECT) can be utilized to assess the effectiveness of stem cell therapy for coronary or ischemic heart disease.

Utilizing echocardiography- (ECG-)-gated myocardial SPECT, scientists from Seoul National University (South Korea) determined that stem cell therapy improved the regional function of the injured heart more than blood flow to the damaged heart muscle. “Our findings indicate that stem cells helped improve the damage caused by heart attack beyond the formation of new vessels into the damaged myocardium,” stated Dr. Dong Soo Lee, professor in the department of nuclear medicine at Seoul National University.

The researchers presented their findings at the Society of Nuclear Medicine’s 52nd annual meeting held in June 2005 in Toronto (Canada).