Potential Treatment for Heart Damage Caused by Heart Attacks

BHF Professor Michael Schneider and his team are working to develop drugs that could be given in the first few hours following a heart attack to minimise heart muscle death caused by the stress signals. These stress signals actually increase dramatically when the blood supply is restored so, although it is vital to resupply the heart with oxygen and nutrients by reopening the blocked coronary artery, additional treatments to counteract any ‘reperfusion injury’ have been sought for decades. https://www.technologynetworks.com/drug-discovery/news/potential-treatment-for-heart-damage-caused-by-heart-attacks-316450?utm_campaign=NEWSLETTER_TN_Breaking%20Science%20News&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=70597978&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--psWTREy59LJtsywQM7DTaZLEnlIGxswwUNc9lDvJsx8GokLoa9qlmYCOUiFEkBK3VlH1pTrH4O1Lt4A9K_Jh8LZyq4w&_hsmi=70597978