Heart Failure Up Close (IMAGE)

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Heart Failure Up Close

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This microscopic image shows donated fibrotic heart cells from a patient who had heart failure. The cells have an elaborate fibronectin matrix (shown in red) which causes fibrosis and heart damage. In a study published by Circulation, researchers demonstrate a novel therapeutic peptide stops the process and heart fibrosis in mice with heart injury and human heart failure cells.

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