However, the accumulation of fibrotic tissue eventually leads to ... instructions for cryoprobe construction and advice on heart dissection and fixation. To our knowledge, none of the published ...

and cardiac fibrosis is a particular problem for anyone who's had a heart attack," said Richard Gomer, professor of biochemistry and cell biology at Rice. "We've discovered a naturally occurring ...

Cardiac fibrosis, an abnormal thickening of the heart wall leading to congestive heart failure, was not only halted but also reversed by a caveolin-1 surrogate peptide (CSD) in a preclinical model.