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USF Health Heart Institute Doctors Are Upbeat about Cardiac Regeneration

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The damage to the heart muscle is usually permanent, leaving the heart unable to pump the way it should. That’s the subject of a new study by a team that includes two USF Health doctors who reported their findings in Circulation , the flagship journal of the American Heart Association. “An

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Using Stem Cell-derived Heart Muscle Cells to Advance Heart Regenerative Therapy

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Myocardial infarctions , commonly known as “heart attacks,” are on the rise, resulting in a significant number of deaths each year. Heart attacks typically kill millions of cardiac muscle cells, leaving the heart in a weakened state.

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Severe Lung Infection During COVID-19 Can Cause Damage to the Heart

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Getty Images milla1cf Wed, 03/20/2024 - 19:16 March 20, 2024 — SARS-CoV-2 , the virus that causes COVID-19 , can damage the heart even without directly infecting the heart tissue, a National Institutes of Health -supported study has found.

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