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After someone has suffered a heart attack, non-beating scar tissue grows back in place of the damaged cardiac tissue, leaving the heart permanently weakened. A newly developed spray-on medication, however, may someday help change that.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading Exosome spray may be better able to heal damaged hearts
It’s a cruel reality that the heart has such a limited capacity to heal itself, meaning that people who survive heart attacks often go on to have more. Now, researchers at the University College London (UCL) have grown heart cells from stem cells, embe… Continue reading Microspheres coated in stem cells could help mend broken hearts
Some of the most devastating health effects of a stroke or heart attack are caused by oxygen deprivation in the brain. Now, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have identified an enzyme that may naturally protect the brain from oxygen d… Continue reading New potential drug target may protect brain against low oxygen damage
Heart attacks often occur when plaque deposits break off of blood vessel walls, subsequently blocking arteries that carry oxygen to the heart. A new imaging process could identify those unstable deposits, allowing them to be treated before they rupture… Continue reading Analysis of speckled laser light could help prevent heart attacks
When the heart is injured it can’t repair itself, meaning that heart failure often requires a transplant of the whole organ. But now, scientists at EPFL have developed an artificial aorta that can help pump blood, taking some of the pressure off the he… Continue reading Artificial aorta takes pressure off the heart to reduce transplants
Minute differences in the blood pressure between each arm aren’t cause for concern, but there is a point at which variances could represent cardiovascular trouble. An expansive international study has shone new light on where that point lies, drawing o… Continue reading Blood pressure variance between arms cause for cardiovascular concern
Scientists are reporting promising results from a phase 2 clinical trial of a cholesterol-reducing drug called evinacumab. The study reports that in patients with extremely high cholesterol, the drug was able to reduce levels by about half, compared to… Continue reading Experimental drug halves cholesterol levels in phase 2 clinical trials
Heart attack patients often need replacements for damaged or blocked sections of coronary arteries, which are usually taken from their own leg veins. But in a new proof-of-concept study, scientists knitted a prototype graft out of hybrid synthetic and … Continue reading Scientists knit new artery grafts out of collagen and synthetic fibers
New preliminary research is suggesting a simple saliva test can detect the presence of a protein biomarker known to signal the occurrence of a heart attack in just 10 minutes. If this prototype test is validated in future studies it could dramatically … Continue reading Spit test promises to diagnose heart attacks in just 10 minutes
Heart attacks are a leading cause of death, largely because the damage caused by one can lead to more later. Now researchers at Rice University have developed a new way to repair heart tissue and reduce scarring, by implanting capsules loaded with stem… Continue reading Capsules loaded with stem cells help repair heart damage in mice