Thyroid hormones reduce damage and improve heart function after myocardial infarction in rats
Thursday, February 28, 2013 - 21:31
in Health & Medicine
A new study shows that thyroid hormones administered to rats at the time of a heart attack improved their heart function and significantly reduced their loss of heart muscle cells. Researchers believe the study prepares them to pursue studies on human patients, which could lead to breakthroughs in cardiac failure treatment.