Mini heart attacks lessen damage from major ones
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 - 09:07
in Health & Medicine
Researchers have discovered one potential mechanism by which briefly cutting off, then restoring, blood flow to arteries prior to a heart attack lessens the damage caused, according to a study published today in the journal Cardiovascular Research. read more
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