For people who initially survive a heart attack, a significant cause of death in the next few  days is cardiac rupture -- literally, bursting of the heart wall. A new study by University of  Iowa researchers pinpoints a single protein as the key player in the biochemical cascade that  leads to cardiac rupture.
The findings, published Nov. 13 as an Advance Online Publication (AOP) of the journal Nature Medicine, suggest that blocking the action of this protein, known as CaM  kinase, may help p...

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