Advancing new heart failure therapies (IMAGE)

Duke-NUS Medical School

Advancing new heart failure therapies

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Cross-section of the heart. (Left) In Heart Failure with preserved Ejection Fraction, the muscles are stiffer, narrower and less effective at pumping blood. (Right) After treatment with the new compound, muscles are more elastic, less blocked and more efficient at pumping blood.

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Liu Yunxia, Duke-NUS Medical School

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