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- Heart failure affects more than six million people.
- Some patients receive a mechanical heart pump.
- The pump is called an LVAD device.
- An LVAD helps the heart rest and recover.
- Doctors took small tissue samples from the heart.
- Researchers tested these samples in the lab.
- They found a protein called PERM1 in samples.
- PERM1 returned only in hearts that recovered.
- Hearts that did not recover kept low PERM1.
- This finding may help future treatments for hearts.
Difficult words
- heart failure — a condition when the heart is weak
- mechanical — made or operated by machines or tools
- tissue — a group of cells in the body
- protein — a substance in cells with important jobs
- recover — to become well again after an illnessrecovered
- researcher — a person who studies something to learnResearchers
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Discussion questions
- Do you know anyone with heart problems?
- Would you like to learn more about treatments for the heart?
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