Researchers boosted levels of a heart-healing hormone in mice and pigs with a single injection of a new, experimental form of ...

New research published in Nature Cardiovascular Research reveals that heart failure and atrial fibrillation share underlying genetic and molecular mechanisms, suggesting that the two cardiovascular ...

When heart muscle gets damaged, the result is often permanent. Unlike other muscles in the body, the heart has long been believed to lack the ability to heal itself. But recent research suggests that ...

A new MRI method measures cardiac oxygen use in three minutes without catheters or radiation, offering a simpler way to study ...

The heart is a very resilient muscle. Scientists observed heart muscle cells regenerating in mice studies after a heart attack. Their heart muscle cells, called cardiomyocytes, were observed dividing ...

After a heart attack, cardiologists can reopen blocked vessels and restore blood flow, but the muscle cells that died will ...

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 outcomes in ...

Physician-scientists found that a subset of artificial heart patients can regenerate heart muscle, which may open the door to new ways to treat and perhaps someday cure heart failure. A research team ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People with hidden pockets of fat in their muscles – similar to so-called marbling in beef – are at a higher risk of dying from ...

When someone suffers a heart attack and survives, the race is on to limit damage to their heart muscles. There will ...

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, have developed a polymeric biohybrid cardiac device that harnesses the ...