A small heart pump called Impella to assist with improving blood flow while allowing Gisel to rest and recover.
1 month ago

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.
1 month ago

After surviving a risky heart surgery at just one week of age, Seth McMaster is living a full and active life. He wants his journey to offer comfort to...
1 month ago

Our heart muscle is studded with tiny dyads, intricately designed structures that manage incoming electrical signals and calcium release to coordinate our...
2 months ago

The shrew's resting heart rate can reach up to 17 beats per second, equivalent to about 1020 beats per minute. In comparison, the average human resting...
2 months ago

The Abbott PressureWire X, the tiniest device ever made for measuring the health and function of the mini-arteries that supply blood flow to the heart muscle.
3 months ago

Lupus is characterized by a large number of autoantibodies, immune proteins that mistakenly target a person's own tissues or organs.
3 months ago

Carolyn recently received the device, called a Watchman, which treats a condition called atrial fibrillation, or AFib, and allows patients to avoid taking blood...
3 months ago

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...
4 months ago

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 amino acids out...
4 months ago