Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Could starving the heart make it resistant to damage?

Could starving the heart make it resistant to damage?: Heart cells starved of nutrients are less likely to be damaged during periods of decreased blood flow and sudden influxes of blood, known as ischemia and reperfusion, and are also less likely to get out of synch with their cellular neighbors, the damaging phenomenon called arrhythmia.

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