Scar tissue in the heart was associated with abnormal heart rhythms among healthy, long-time male endurance athletes aged 50 ...

In collaboration with Ke Cheng, professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia University, Hong is developing an elastic, ...

Quick facts about the heart What the heart is made of: Heart muscle tissue, also called cardiac muscle tissue What makes the heart beat: Electrical signals Average resting heart rate: 60 to 100 ...

Scar tissue in the heart was associated with abnormal heart rhythms among healthy, long-time male endurance athletes age 50 ...

This study explores the use of polarized second-harmonic generation (pSHG) to investigate myosin conformation in the relaxed state, differentiating between the actin-available, disordered (ON) state ...

BACKGROUND: Direct reprogramming of fibroblasts to cardiomyocytes is a potentially curative strategy for ischemic heart ...

Bioluminescent imaging is helping researchers better understand the effectiveness of tissue regeneration enhancers delivered to injured heart tissue by different adeno-associated virus vectors.

The pathophysiology of heart failure is complex, but mitochondrial dysfunction is an emerging therapeutic target to improve cardiac function. In this Consensus Statement, insights into the ...

What the heart is made of: Heart muscle tissue, also called cardiac muscle tissue What makes the heart beat: Electrical signals Average resting heart rate: 60 to 100 beats per minute (in adults) ...

Researchers using cardiac MRI have found that long-term exposure to air pollution is associated with early signs of heart damage, according to a study that was published in Radiology. The research ...

Amyloid heart disease occurs when faulty proteins build up in the heart, making it more difficult for the heart to pump blood around the body. Learn more about it here.