New advance against a form of heart failure prevalent in men (IMAGE)

University of Virginia Health System

New advance against a form of heart failure prevalent in men

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UVA's Kenneth Walsh, PhD, and his team have discovered how Y chromosome loss triggers changes in heart immune cells that make the cells more likely to cause scarring and heart failure.

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Dan Addison | UVA Communications

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