CNIC Researchers Discover Link Between A Mitochondrial Defect And Heart Disease (IMAGE)

Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (F.S.P.)

CNIC Researchers Discover Link Between A Mitochondrial Defect And Heart Disease

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PET scans of a healthy animal (left) and a mouse with dilated cardiomyopathy and heart failure due to lack of the protein YME1 (right). In both images, the heart is visible within the area outlined by the discontinuous line. The heart of the mouse with the disease shows intense uptake of glucose (yellow).

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