How heart attack can lead to heart rupture

Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 19:30 in Health & Medicine

A new study pinpoints a single protein as the key player in the biochemical cascade that leads to cardiac rupture. The findings suggest that blocking the action of this protein, known as CaM kinase, may help prevent cardiac rupture and reduce the risk of death.

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