University of Texas at Arlington researcher aims to find preventions and treatments for cardio-sarcopenia, an age-related ...

In a new research report, a team of scientists led by Johns Hopkins Medicine say people with severe obesity and a common type ...

HCM causes the heart muscle to abnormally thicken, making it harder for the heart to pump blood effectively. According to the ...

A Johns Hopkins-led study reports that severe obesity in people with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is linked to weakened contraction of heart muscle cells, but this defect may ...

The heart is the body's hardest-working muscle. Whether you're awake or asleep, or exercising or resting, your heart is always at work. It pumps blood through arteries to deliver oxygen to organs and ...

Every day, thousands of people worldwide suffer a heart attack, often leading to lasting damage to the heart muscle. Recent ...

Kumamoto University researchers discover that combining two advanced heart imaging techniques can predict life-threatening ...

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 ...

Cardiac complications in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) are the result of cardiac muscle involvement that accompanies the deterioration of skeletal muscle in the disease. The use of ...