A new analysis of patients’ heart data has shown that even a slight increase in a protein linked to heart attacks, called troponin, is linked
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When you think of a heart attack, the image that comes to mind is likely a person clutching at their chest or feeling numbness in
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There’s no such thing as a ‘normal’ resting heart rate! Data from almost 100,000 people shows they can vary by up to SEVENTY beats per
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The American Heart Association estimates that the total cost of heart failure in the United States could reach $70 billion by 2030. Volume overload contributes
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Improvements in the nation’s health care system—particularly changes that address inequities in care and the impact of social determinants of health—are necessary to achieve the
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Researchers at UT Southwestern have uncovered evidence that the higher prevalence of “malignant” enlargement of the heart among blacks contributes to the higher incidence of
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Researchers at Qatar University, in collaboration with Imperial College London, Biostage, Inc. in the U.S., and the American University of Beirut, Lebanon, have made progress
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A new analysis provides evidence that may change the current thinking around categorizing patients with heart failure prior to implanting a left-ventricular assist device (LVAD).
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An international study led by Drs Miguel Torres and Ghislaine Lioux of the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), has identified and characterized a new
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Researchers at Osaka University used electron cryomicroscopy (CryoEM) to image essential cardiac muscle components, known as thin filaments, with unprecedented resolution. They also discovered the
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