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Zebrafish as a Smart Model to Understand Regeneration After Heart Injury: How Fish Could Help Humans
6 Aug 2019
Abstract excerpt
Myocardial infarction (MI) in humans is a common cause of cardiac injury and results in irreversible loss of myocardial cells and formation of fibrotic scar tissue. This fibrotic tissue preserves the integrity of the ventricular wall but undermines pump function, leading to congestive heart failure. Unfortunately, the mammalian heart is unable to replace cardiomyocytes, so the life expectancy for patients after...
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