Thanks @bangel. This web site gives us a basis for optimism, but not yet for celebration. The Stem Cell Institute is located in Panama. Its medical staff is made up of several Panamanian medical school graduates. The written material is very persuasive and promotional in tone. The Institute says its clinical trials' reports are published on the clinical trial list at the National Library of Medicine (which makes no judgments as to quality of the therapies being tried and gives no assurances that trials on the list are ready for human application).

Even so, a number of American medical institutions have permitted the Institute to list them as interested in the technology, and this gives encouragement for following the work of the Institute and asking our own doctors about a referral to the Institute for diagnosis and treatment suggestions. A key issue for me is cost -- the Institute's charges for the therapy, the cost of travel and hotels in Panama, the duration and number of treatments needed, etc. A second issue is whether the therapy can be transported to the US and initiated or continued here. Lets keep looking for additional promising information.
Martin

Yes the cost is expensive. The clinic in Mexico called Navastern charges $8000.00 per therapy session. If your waiting for the FDA to approve stem cell therapy and insurance picking up the costs, don't hold your breath for any length of time. Maybe in the next generation parts of the therapy will be approved and healthcare will cover a portion of the costs.

@fishinpete
Hello, does the therapy really work? And about how many therapy sessions does one need to recover?

Great question @bangel...But I don't have all the answers. I have yet to speak with anyone who has used stem cell therapy for their heart. All I have done is read testimonials and research reviews. I take the time on a daily basis and read everything that I can. 3 years ago I found out that I have mild case of cardiomypathy, non-schemic as of 2 weeks ago I'm still in the mild stage. But my EF is slowly decreasing. I know it is a progressive diease. I have increased my diet and excerise, hoping to level it off for awhile longer. Being 67 I push myself hard while exercising, but as I grow older excerise becomes harder. My EF has yet to improve. I get frustrated by being told there really is no cure, but if you take these pills it will slow your heart down and help you live longer. Not the way I was planning to go out. I would like to have options with my life. . If I were in the final stages of CHF I'd be willing to try anything, as everyone else. Getting back to your question, so far everything that I have read, it has worked. Some may require more therapy then others. And there are probably few cases that it didn't. I mentioned in a earlier post of 11 patients in stage 4 CHF with a 70% mortality rate within 2 years. If I remember correctly that was in 2014. Well, all are alive with a much improved heart function, living a normal life. Wish I could have jump in on that study, but I think you have to be on your death bed to get involved. My research, is to find a reliable clinic, a clinic that has been around for awhile and shows positive results with improving the heart function. It's a shame that we have to travel outside of the US, spend a lot of money and take chances. There isn't a doctor or hospital around that would support stem cell therapy and give you their blessings because it is yet to be approved by the FDA. Let along embryonic stem cells that is totally illegal here but legal in many others country's. I suggest that you do your homework if your thinking about it, it may not be for you. This country may be the leader in medical technology, but so are other country's and they may not be owned by pharmaceutical and insurance corporations.