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Protein therapy may reduce infarct size in heart attack patients
03-25-2007 · EurekAlert!Researchers are searching for new methods and therapies to reduce infarct size and improve blood flow to the heart muscle in patients who experience myocardial infarction (MI), or heart attack. In a study presented today at the American College of Cardiology's Innovation in Intervention: i2 Summit in New Orleans, La., a team from the Duke Clinical Research Institute presented the results from a Phase 1 study evaluating a novel protein kinase C inhibitor.
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