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Fatty muscles raise the risk of serious heart disease regardless of overall body weight

Science Daily - Heart Disease

People with pockets of fat hidden inside their muscles are at a higher risk of dying or being hospitalized from a heart attack or heart failure, regardless of their body mass index, according to new research. This is the first study to comprehensively investigate the effects of fatty muscles on heart disease.

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Experimental drug engineered to prevent heart failure after heart attacks

Science Daily - Heart Disease

An experimental therapeutic monoclonal antibody therapy could become the first to directly enhance tissue repair in the heart following a heart attack.

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Is long-term beta-blocker therapy needed after a heart attack?

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The appropriate duration of beta-blocker treatment after a heart attack (a myocardial infarction [MI]) is unknown in patients who do not need to take beta-blockers for another reason.

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Immunotherapy blocks scarring, improves heart function in mice with heart failure

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Researchers have reduced scar formation and improved heart function in mouse models of heart failure using a monoclonal antibody treatment, similar to that approved by the FDA to treat other conditions.

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Born to heal: Why babies recover, but adults scar, after heart damage

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Newborns with heart complications can rely on their newly developed immune systems to regenerate cardiac tissues, but adults aren't so lucky. After a heart attack, most adults struggle to regenerate healthy heart tissue, leading to scar-tissue buildup and, often, heart failure.

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SGLT-2 Inhibitors Show Mixed Results After Heart Attack

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However, researchers said the drug may be helpful in reducing heart failure risks, including hospitalization, following a heart attack. However, researchers said the drug may be helpful in reducing heart failure risks, including hospitalization, following a heart attack.

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Proposed risk factor tool finds heart failure rates are higher among American Indian adults

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An analysis based on a proposed heart failure risk prediction tool reveals that the incidence of heart failure may be 2- to 3-fold higher among American Indian adults compared to people in other population groups.