Heart Attacks

Limit tisuse loss with drugs that promote regeneration

Myocardial infarction, also known as a "heart attack", is the death of heart tissue that occurs when a blood vessel in the heart gets blocked and the oxygen supply is interrupted. Patients who survive myocardial infarction face the additional risk of developing congestive heart failure because there is so much compromised tissue.

In ODU's Cardiac Electrophysiology Lab, we are testing several new drugs that are designed to limit the death of tissue following a heart attack. Such drugs have the potential to reduce the risk of heart failure following myocardial infarction.