Fruits on its feet after a heart attack

The information contained in strawberries and apples substance capable of reducing the level of damage to the heart in people who have suffered a heart attack. Scientists from Cambridge University believed that the injection of the substance can be achieved decrease in long-term damage to vital organs.

After a heart attack

The survival rate of patients after strokes and heart attacks can be significantly increase due to the opening of British scientists. They found that Simple chemical substance that is found in strawberries and apples, reduces heart damage in humans after heart attack . Biologists believe that the injection of the substance capable of reducing long-term damage to vital organs.

This discovery was made after researchers We have discovered a mechanism by which occur organ damage after a heart attack   or stroke. When doctors remove a blood clot that causes a heart attack (this process is vital for Survival percent), the blood and oxygen rush back to the heart and brain - This process is called reperfusion. Blood flow gets its power damage to the walls of blood vessels and arteries. The doctors could not understand why, when saving the lives of patients, they often cause even more damage to their bodies. Before the last time this process is a mystery, but new research conducted with the help of computer models and later laboratory mice, It showed that the damage is caused by a chemical called succinate, which occurs in the body.

Scientists have discovered that succinate accumulates to abnormally high level in tissues deprived of oxygen during a heart attack. When the blood flow recovering succinate reacts with oxygen that It leads to the release of destructive new molecules that kill cells heart and other organs. These lesions through the months and years after a heart attack increase the risk of heart failure and other problems.

The researchers found that the level of damage authorities can be reduced by a simple injection of a chemical called ester malonate. This substance, which is injected patients after strokes and heart attacks, stops the formation of succinate and release destructive molecules. Ether malonate - cheap and widely available material which in its natural form found in fruits such as strawberries, apples and grapes. However, if you just eat this fruit, it is useful for health concentration of a substance in the body is achieved. It is therefore necessary its injection into the bloodstream. (READ MORE)

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