Browse the latest research summaries in the field of cardiovascular science for spinal cord injury patients and caregivers.
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The Journal of Neuroscience, 2013 • October 23, 2013
This study investigates the potential of embryonic neural stem cell grafts to restore cardiovascular function after complete spinal cord transection in adult rats. The key finding is that brainstem-de...
KEY FINDING: Grafting brainstem-derived neural stem cells (BS-NSCs) resulted in recovery of basal cardiovascular parameters in rats with complete spinal cord transection.
Neural Regen Res, 2012 • July 1, 2012
This study used proteomic analysis to investigate protein expression changes in a rabbit model of spinal cord ischemia/reperfusion injury. The researchers identified 23 differentially expressed protei...
KEY FINDING: In the ischemia group, eight proteins were upregulated, and four were downregulated compared to the sham-surgery group.
Cell Cycle, 2015 • July 15, 2015
The study demonstrates that nestin-expressing HAP stem cells, located in the hair follicle, can differentiate into beating cardiac muscle cells in vitro. The upper part of the hair follicle shows the ...
KEY FINDING: HAP stem cells from mouse vibrissa hair follicles can differentiate into beating cardiac muscle cells.
Cureus, 2024 • December 18, 2024
The case report highlights a rare anatomical variation where the vertebral artery originates from the internal carotid artery, potentially leading to posterior circulation neurological deficits if the...
KEY FINDING: A dominant right vertebral artery was found to originate from the right internal carotid artery in a 76-year-old female.
General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases, 2025 • January 30, 2025
This case report presents a successful instance of EVAR with IBE for treating abdominal aortic and common iliac artery aneurysms associated with residual type B aortic dissection after previous thorac...
KEY FINDING: EVAR with IBE can be safely performed for abdominal aortic and common iliac artery aneurysms associated with residual aortic dissection after thoracoabdominal aortic graft replacement.
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2025 • March 27, 2025
This retrospective study compared a novel surgical strategy, normothermic artery bypass and visceral-anastomosis-first (NABP), to normothermic iliac perfusion (NIP) for thoracoabdominal aortic aneurys...
KEY FINDING: The incidence of paraplegia was significantly lower in the NABP group (0.00%) compared to the NIP group (9.72%), with a p-value of 0.047.
World Journal of Urology, 2025 • March 21, 2025
The study examined the impact of botulinum toxin A detrusor injections (BoNT/A-DI) on blood pressure in patients with overactive bladder (OAB) or neurogenic bladder, focusing on cardiovascular risk fa...
KEY FINDING: Systolic blood pressure increased significantly by an average of 9.8 mmHg across all patients during the procedure.
Drug Discov Today Dis Models, 2007 • January 1, 2007
Mammals have a limited capacity for heart regeneration, unlike zebrafish. Zebrafish can regenerate heart tissue after injury, making them a valuable model for studying cardiac regeneration. Zebrafish ...
KEY FINDING: Zebrafish heart muscle can regenerate after injury with minimal scarring, replacing lost tissue with new contractile muscle.
Journal of Extracellular Vesicles, 2022 • March 2, 2022
This study investigates the functional role of the protein corona surrounding extracellular vesicles (EVs) derived from human placental-expanded (PLX) stromal cells. The researchers found that this co...
KEY FINDING: PLX-EVs are surrounded by a functional protein corona when enriched with permissive technology, containing immunomodulatory and proangiogenic proteins.
Theranostics, 2018 • February 4, 2018
This study investigates the hemocompatibility of human white adipose tissue (WAT), umbilical cord (UC), and bone marrow stromal cells (BMSC) for safer cell transplantation. The study demonstrates that...
KEY FINDING: Bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) exhibit significantly lower tissue factor (TF) expression compared to white adipose tissue (WAT) and umbilical cord (UC) stromal cells.