Rebuilding broken hearts

被引:23
作者
Cohen, S [1 ]
Leor, J
机构
[1] Ben Gurion Univ Negev, IL-84105 Beer Sheva, Israel
[2] Tel Aviv Univ, Neufeld Cardiac Res Inst, IL-69978 Tel Aviv, Israel
[3] Chaim Sheba Med Ctr, Tel Aviv, Israel
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D O I
10.1038/scientificamerican1104-44
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
A heart broken by love usually heals with time, but damage to cardiac muscle caused by a heart attack gets progressively worse. Unlike liver or skin, heart tissue cannot regenerate, so the scar left after a heart attack remains a noncontractile dead zone.
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页码:44 / 51
页数:8
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