Advancement in molecular medicine continues to expand the diagnostic and therapeutic modalities for cardiovascular diseases. Noninvasive cardiovascular imaging is an essential component of this ...

This is a microscopic image of the myocardium in the ventricular wall of a patient with heart failure. Red tissue corresponds to fibrosis of the heart muscle The image and content of the press release ...

Higher left atrial end-systolic dimension (LASD), an increased measurement of the left upper chamber of the heart, and left ...

The assessment of myocardial viability has been used to identify patients with coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction in whom coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) will provide a ...

Myocarditis describes inflammation of heart tissue known as the myocardium. This inflammation can affect the electrical system of the heart and reduce the heart’s ability to pump blood around the body ...

Myocardial infarction (MI) – more regularly known as a heart attack – is an acute phenomenon initiated by the interruption of blood supply to regions of the heart, causing myocardial necrosis.

MYOCARDIAL lesions have been described in patients who had received catecholamines for prolonged periods before death, 1–4 and similar lesions have been produced in the myocardium of laboratory ...