Scarring of heart tissue can be slowed but not stopped, and can lead to heart failure. But a new study has shown that an existing immunotherapy could stop scar tissue formation after heart attacks.

Researchers at WashU Medicine have reduced scar formation and improved heart function in mouse models ... scarring after cardiac injury (purple tissue, left) while treated animals show much ...

Pathways to new treatments for heart failure take time -; as long as four decades for two now accepted therapies. So, new attempts to repair scar tissue in infarcted hearts using cells or cell ...

"A heart attack leaves scar on everybody's heart if it's not treated immediately and that scar will stay them in their hearts for the rest of their lives, impacting on their long life survival and ...

Baylor Medicine offers the Graston Technique® for injury treatment and rehabilitation. This remarkable procedure allows us to detect and treat areas of “scar tissue” or adhesions in muscles, tendons ...

Ablation, a procedure to treat abnormal electrical short circuits caused by a heart attack and is usually reserved for ...