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A new type of treatment for cardiac fibrosis is on the horizon. Fibrosis occurs when an excess amount of matrix proteins, like collagen, develops and leaves pathological scarring. The heart becomes “stiff”. With inflexibility, the heart can not work properly, ie. it can not flex and relax.
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Cardiac disease deaths fall while obesity and diabetes are on the rise.
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Epidemiologists at the University of Liverpool and the Heart of Mersey have found that approximately half the recent […]
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