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Patient Enrollment Commenced in Pivotal Phase 3 Trial of CardiAMP Cell Therapy for the Treatment of Ischemic Heart Failure

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During heart failure progression, the heart steadily loses its ability to respond to increased metabolic demand, and mild exercise soon exceeds the heart’s ability to maintain adequate output. Towards the end stage of the disease, the heart cannot pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs at rest.

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Patients Undergo First Doses of New Cardiac PET tracer

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Additionally, it offers clinicians the flexibility to perform exercise stress testingsomething not feasible with any previously available cardiac PET tracer. The longer half-life eliminates the need for onsite tracer manufacturing so it can be ordered as a ready-to-use unit dose. National Center for Health Statistics. Accessed May 3, 2024.