An estimated 4.2 million people die within 30 days of surgery worldwide each year. A new study suggests that deaths and ...

Background There is a lack of contemporary data describing patients with left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction post ...

New evidence reveals adult human hearts can regrow muscle cells after myocardial infarction, opening new possibilities for ...

A septal infarct is an area of dead tissue in the septum of the heart, which is a wall of tissue dividing the two sides of the heart. It happens when there is a blockage or reduction in its blood ...

Scientists at Northwestern University and at the University of California San Diego have developed a potent injectable therapy that the results of rodent studies showed can protect the heart from ...

- Reduced inflammation at the site of myocardial infarction and improved heart function demonstrated. Novel therapy to modulate immune response with apoptotic cell-derived nanovesicles. Myocardial ...

Credit: Getty Images A discussion of the use of beta-blocker therapy following AMI, with Christopher Granger, MD, Gregg Fonarow, MD, and Carlin S Long, MD. Beta blockers have long been included in the ...

For patients who present with essential hypertension and further symptoms of possible heart failure, it is important for physicians to consider and treat the patient's underlying disease. A ...

Brad Ross, a former City of Toronto official, just survived a "widow-maker" heart attack — and he's warning others not to "eff around and find out" before it's too late. Ross, who was the chief ...

Nina Kumowski, MD, of the Department of Radiology and Center for Systems Biology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the lead author and Matthias Nahrendorf, MD, PhD of the Department of Radiology ...