Study finds male-female cardiac repair differences in heart failure survival post-MI

(University of South Florida (USF Health)) A new study led by the University of South Florida Health (USF Health) Morsani College of Medicine investigated the molecular and cellular processes underlying cardiac repair in male and female mice after a severe heart attack. The researchers discovered that heart repair happened faster in the female mice than the males after heart attack, and that improved survival and delayed cardiac failure.
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