Novel cardiac patch improves recovery from heart attack in rats and pigs – News-Medical.Net

Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Oct 28 2020
According to the American Heart Association, heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide in recent years. During a heart attack, or myocardial infarction (MI), a blocked artery and the resulting oxygen deprivation cause massive cardiac cell death, blood vessel impairment and inflammation. Now, researchers reporting in ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering have developed a cardiac patch with tiny engineered blood vessels that improved recovery…

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