Heart Muscle Health Aspects You Should Consider

Stunned or Dying Tissue can be Rejuvenated by Adult Stem Cells Injected in the Patient’s Heart

James Eilert, a young man, who was a victim of the heart disease epidemic that is increasingly taking hold around the world, has been given a second chance at a healthy life thanks to VesCell adult stem cell therapy.

In 2006, at the relatively young age of 34, James experienced a major heart attack. His left anterior descending artery (or what the doctors call the ‘widowmaker’) was 100% blocked. The heart attack left him with severe damage to his heart. A normal ejection fraction is generally considered to be 55-75%. At the tender age of 34, James’ ejection fraction had sunk to 20-25%. The doctors diagnosed him as being in Class III NYHA Heart Failure. 

Despite the setback, James attacked his heart rehabilitation with a passion. Jogging and biking everyday, James lost 90 lbs in 6 months and was feeling a little better. However, a large amount of his heart muscle was still dead and he felt weaker each day. James kept working his job as an automotive engineer, but it was getting more difficult for him to continue meeting the demands of his job as well as keeping up his exercise regimen.

The demands eventually became too much and James gave up exercising. He gained 50 pounds back and became depressed. James had almost given up hope. He didn’t want to die, but figured dying would be a better option than living as he was. 

That was when James stumbled upon VesCell on the internet. Already a patient at the world renowned Henry Ford Heart and Vascular Institute in Detroit, James was shocked to find out that Dr. Barbara Czerska, the Medical Director of the Heart Failure Transplant Program at Henry Ford was featured prominently on the VesCell website. That, along with reading that recent medical research indicates that dead heart tissue can be ‘awakened’ by the implantation of adult stem cells gave James new hope. 

He contacted VesCell and Dr. Czerska and prepared for his trip to Bangkok, Thailand to receive a new shot of hope using his own adult stem cells. 

After arrival in Bangkok, James along with his father, were well taken care of by the TheraVitae team and the doctors and nurses at Phyathai 2 Hospital. James was treated by Dr. Damras Tresukosol, the director of the Phyathai-Harvard Heart Center and also the lead investigator of TheraVitae’s clinical trial using adult stem cells which was presented at the American Heart Association annual meeting in 2006. 

Treated on November 14, 2007, James received 41 million of his own adult stem cells via catheter to heal his damaged heart muscle. 

Told by doctors that the stem cells would take approximately 6-8 weeks to take affect, James was pleasantly surprised that the doctors were mistaken - just 1½ weeks after his stem cell treatment, James had an echocardiogram done and found out his previously dead part of his heart had life again. 

“My completely dead apex was beating again- very weakly, but it was moving!” James exclaimed. This was the confirmation of the positive heart muscle health aspects of adult stem cell therapy that James was hoping for. 

As time passed, James kept improving. “Little by little, I was able to do the things I couldn’t do anymore due to my heart attack,” he said. 6 months after his stem cell therapy, the doctors lifted all of his restrictions.

Now, more than 10 months after his stem cell therapy, James is working 7 days a week again. He has been upgraded from Class III Heart Failure to Class I. His ejection fraction is now at 50-55%. 

James is no longer gasping for breath or sweating all the time. James is also exercising again trying to lose some more weight so he will feel even better. James can currently jog at 6 mph for short intervals.

James also had some kind words to say to the people at VesCell and at Phyathai 2 Hospital, “Thank you so much for providing this service and giving people like myself the option to fight for our survival instead of meekly submitting to the icy kiss of death as so many others have. I think even my old drill sergeants would be proud."

James wants other heart disease patients to know that there is still hope for patients who have been given little hope and wants them to “keep fighting!”

Please feel free to contact James via email jameseilert@att.net or phone- 248-227-3016 to hear more about his exploits.  You can also request him as a friend on Facebook.

A special note- James would like to sincerely thank his friends, Peter and Rhonda, for making his stem cell treatment possible.

If you’d like to know more about VesCell adult stem cell therapy to address your heart disease or late-stage peripheral arterial disease , please contact jitra@theravitae.com or dial 1-866-690-2030 or provide your contact information on the following form www.vescell.com/enroll

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