Lipid biomarkers key to cardiac repair differences in blacks and whites after heart attack

(University of South Florida (USF Health)) A new study by the University of South Florida Health Morsani College of Medicine and the University of Alabama at Birmingham profiled bioactive lipids in blood samples from hospitalized black and white patients soon after a heart attack. The preliminary research indicates that bioactive lipid mediators -- key to cardiac repair differences in blacks and whites after heart attack -- may offer new targets for more personalized diagnosis and treatment of heart failure.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news