How stem cell therapy may help with heart disease
Heart disease narrows the arteries, weakens the muscle or stiffens it, and leaves inflammation behind in the tissue. Medication, stents and surgery protect you from the next event and control the symptoms. They do not change the environment inside the heart tissue that has already been damaged.
- Mesenchymal stem cells are studied for their ability to reduce inflammation in damaged heart tissue.
- Research examines how cell signalling may affect inflammation and the tissue environment. Evidence and clinical outcomes vary by application.
- Treatment is delivered intravenously, so the cells reach the heart and vessels through the circulation.
- Cells are prepared in our own laboratory and used fresh, never frozen.
- The protocol is written for your heart, your cardiac records and your goals.
Concerns to discuss with your care team
Breathlessness on effort
Stairs, an incline, a suitcase, and a pause you never used to need.
Fatigue that rest does not fix
A tiredness that arrives early in the day and stays.
Chest pressure and tightness
The discomfort that comes with exertion, or with worry about exertion.
A shrinking life
Travel declined, the garden left, the walk cut short, because the heart is not to be trusted.
Who may be a candidate
Adults with diagnosed heart disease that has stabilised under conventional care, but whose function or quality of life remains limited, may be evaluated. Candidacy is decided by our physicians after a medical review of your history, recent cardiac testing and fitness to travel, never by a form.
Treatment is not offered where there are unstable cardiac conditions, active infection, certain cancers, or other conditions identified in review.
What to expect
1. Evaluation
A call with a patient advisor, then a medical review of your records and recent cardiac testing.
2. Treatment plan
Protocol, schedule and the full investment, written for your case and discussed with you before you travel.
3. Treatment in San José
Travel and stay arranged for you. Treatment by our physicians in our Ministry of Health–licensed clinic.
4. Follow-up care
Scheduled check-ins with our team after you return home.
Investment
Each plan is built for one patient. In your consultation we walk through the full investment and exactly what it includes: cells, clinical care, and the arrangements around your stay.
The Cellebration approach
- Fresh, never frozen. Ask how cells are prepared and evaluated for your proposed care.
- Physician-led. Clinical decisions by our medical team, in a licensed clinic.
- An informed discussion. Review the evidence, limitations and alternatives relevant to your condition.
- Personalized support. A care team helps coordinate the treatment journey.