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WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. doctors are beginning a dramatic experiment this month to try to save patients dying from congestive heart failure — by temporarily resting their hearts and then boosting them with a drug long abused for bodybuilding.
The goal: To help the heart heal itself, and rescue patients who otherwise wouldn't survive without a heart transplant or an implanted machine to pump their hearts.
"The provocative question is, once you get to that level, is it too late or are there people still recoverable even at that point?" asks Dr. Clyde Yancy of the American Heart Association, who is closely monitoring the experiment.
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