Exploring pieces of heart muscle that fail to compact

(University of Houston) Of those diagnosed with a " spongy heart, " 47% will die. University of Houston pharmacologist Mingfu Wu has been awarded $2.5 million from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to explore the cause of and therapeutic treatment for the heart disease officially called left ventricular non-compaction cardiomyopathy (LVNC).
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news