Heart Could Be Conditioned To Survive Major Attack
January 9th, 2008 by samospsipsi
People who experience brief periods of blocked blood flow may be better conditioned to survive a full-blown heart attack later, according to new research from the University of Cincinnati (UC).In a five-year laboratory study, UC surgeon-scientist Karyn Butler, MD, found that when the heart experiences short periods of stress, either from reduced blood flow or high blood pressure, it activates a protective molecular pathway - known as JAK-STAT - that protects the heart muscle.
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