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Teaching old drugs new tricks: high-throughput drug screening identifies a novel, therapeutic combination for the potential treatment of atrial fibrillation-associated cardiac fibrosis

31 August 2026 (14:15 - 15:00)
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Congress Presentation Part of: Cardiac fibrosis and remodelling Fibrosis ESC2026 Premium Access ESC Congress 2026 European Society of Cardiology

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Mr Aaron Johnston

University of Oxford, Oxford (United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland)

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Mr Z. Hegedus (Budapest, HU)
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Moderate coffee/caffeine intake attenuates cardiac remodelling through fibroblast-selective NCX/NFATc3 signalling
Associate Professor Y. Saliba (Beirut, LB)
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Cardiac fibrosis and remodelling

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