Leading cardiologist describes pioneering heart operation as promising

Doctors at the Poznan Medical Academy (PAM) have conducted the first heart operation in Poland using an experimental technique that involves artificially cultivating the heart muscle. Myoblast cell samples were taken from the thigh muscles of two heart attack patients, and nurtured in PAM laboratories. Then, during a bypass operation, the newly-formed muscles were grafted on to scar tissue formed on the heart as a result of cardiac arrest. According to renowned heart surgeon and director of the Warsaw Institute of Cardiology Zbigniew Religa, the technique represents a new and promising direction in the development of cardiology. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) M.T.K.