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Shockwave-shooting 'space hairdryer' regrows heart tissue in patients
It turns out that blasting people with shockwaves during open-heart surgery is a really good idea. That's what researchers found who used the technique to reactivate heart cells and improve the post-op lives of patients in a groundbreaking study.
That's what researchers found who used the technique to reactivate heart cells and improve the post-op lives of patients in a groundbreaking study. In a study at Austria's Medical University of Innsbruck, researchers found that they were able to tune the shockwaves from a handheld device to blast tiny bubble-like structures called vesicles off of cellular surfaces. "We know that every five percentage points improvement in pumping performance leads to a significant reduction in hospital readmissions and an extension of life expectancy," said Holfeld.
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