CBS 2 Report: Stem Cells May Aid Those At Risk For Heart Failure
CBS 2 Chicago, January 11, 2008
CBS 2's Medical Editor Mary Ann Childers reported that there may be hope for people with severe coronary artery disease who are at great risk for heart attacks and progressive heart failure — people who haven't been helped by surgeries, stents and other treatments. Gary L. Schaer, MD, and other doctors at Chicago's Rush University Medical Center are testing something they hope will help — injections of stem cells. Read the story or watch the news report.

RUSH News Release: Heart Attack Patients Experience Significant Improvement When Treated With Stem Cells
March 27, 2007
Heart attack patients who received an new intravenous adult stem cell therapy, Provacel, experienced a lower number of adverse events, such as cardiac arrhythmias, and had significant improvements in heart, lung and global function compared to those who received a placebo. Rush was one of 10 premier cardiac centers across the country that participated in the 53-patient, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Read the news release.

Mending a Broken Heart
Researchers at Rush University Medical Center are investigating whether autologous stem cells (cells obtained from a patient's own body that can mature into other types of tissue) can restore blood flow to the heart in people who have exhausted other treatment options. Read this story at Mending a Broken Heart.

RUSH News Release and Discover Rush Online Article
January 15, 2007
Rush University Medical Center is one of the first medical centers in the country, and currently the only site in Illinois, participating in a novel clinical trial to determine if a subject's own stem cells can treat a form of severe coronary artery disease. Read the news release and learn more about this Adult Stem Cell Study at Discover Rush Online.

Non-controversial form of stem cell treatment could regenerate heart tissue
On January 12, 2007, Gary L. Schaer, MD, FACC, joined ABC-7 News reporter Sylvia Perez for a discussion about stem cell trials Read more and see the interview at can stem cells help regenerate heart tissue.