Living with a heart that struggles to pump effectively creates daily challenges for millions of Americans. Systolic heart ...

Heart attacks and cardiac arrest differ in causes, symptoms, and treatments. Learn how recognizing these emergencies improves ...

Preclinical studies show that engineered heart muscle (EHM) can remuscularize damaged heart tissue, but most evidence comes from small-animal studies, which have limited ability to predict ...

Researchers from Osaka University have discovered that tricaprin enhances survival in patients with a newly identified heart ...

Not all scars are created equal. That’s the conclusion of a new study by Weizmann Institute of Science researchers: They found that two distinct types of scars, referred to as “hot” and “cold,” can ...

Most people with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) develop heart problems by adulthood, making management of cardiac health ...

Normal tissue (left) is made up of cardiac muscle cells (purple). After a heart attack (center), the scarred tissue reveals cold fibrosis, made up of myofibroblasts (red).

This new study is the first to identify specific "sweet taste" receptors, known as TAS1R2 and TAS1R3, on the surface of heart muscle cells. The work will be presented at the 69th Biophysical ...