HEALTH BRIEFING.(Spotlight)

From: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) | Date: November 30, 2004| Author: Ryckman, Lisa | Copyright information

Byline: Lisa Ryckman, Rocky Mountain News

Ohio cardiologist applies hormone to grow arteries

Arteries to your heart blocked? Grow some new ones.

A promising new treatment that appears to do just that is being studied by an Ohio cardiologist. The treatment, developed in Europe over the past decade, involves injecting a protein hormone directly into the heart. Cardiologist Lynne Wagoner of the University of Cincinnati has used the treatment on eight p...

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