Our heart muscle is studded with tiny dyads, intricately designed structures that manage incoming electrical signals and calcium release to...
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Aficamten, a selective small-molecule inhibitor of cardiac myosin that diminishes ATPase activity by strongly slowing phosphate release, stabilizing a weak...
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We found that the Berlin Heart, a tiny heart pump designed to maintain blood flow in babies and small children with serious heart failure, has proved effective...
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NBCNews.com recently interviewed Martha Gulati, MD, director of Preventive Cardiology in the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai,...
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Now, in a study in zebrafish and human heart muscle cells, researchers show that a tiny deletion in the A-band of titin — the loss of just nine...
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Carolyn recently received the device, called a Watchman, which treats a condition called atrial fibrillation, or AFib, and allows patients to...
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Lupus is characterized by a large number of autoantibodies, immune proteins that mistakenly target a person's own tissues or organs.
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This narrative mini-review, explores available evidence on hypoxic brain injury and long-term cognitive function in cardiac arrest survivors.
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A new type of surgically implanted pump that can support a child's failing heart has passed the first stage of human testing in a Stanford...
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A new blood test can diagnose it in minutes instead of hours and could be adapted for use by first responders or even at home.
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