Found a protein that protects cardiac tissue damage after a heart attack

American scientists have identified a protein that is able to reduce the extent of damage from a heart attack and find its use in heart surgery, reports the BBC. Scientists conducted an experiment with rats, which means that those animals in which the level of the enzyme ALDH2 was high, found more resistant to damage of the heart muscle due to lack of oxygen. The increase of the enzyme reduces the amount of dead heart tissue in rodents by 60%, the researchers reported. Although this enzyme has long been known, but the new features have been recently discovered. It was known that ALDH2 enzyme in the cleavage of alcohol in the body. The researchers found that it also reduces damage to the heart tissue. Increasing the number of molecules, the repair of damaged tissue During a heart attack, a blood clot blocked stimulates blood flow to the heart, and the lack of oxygen can result in the growth of toxins in the tissues and death. After nurse Judy O'Sullivan of the British Heart Foundation, found a new way to reduce the damage to the heart tissue due to the action of free radicals during a heart attack, but still need more research, including in public, in front of this process as a medical treatment can be used in medical practice.