The clinic will be able to accommodate 1,500 patients over a long period and 50 patients with a left ventricular assist ...

According to new research from the University of Missouri School of Medicine, there may be a way to stave off a type of heart failure by improving the elasticity of cardiac muscles.

Review clinical classifications, diagnostic procedures, and management strategies for cardiomyopathy and heart failure in this comprehensive overview.

A new study suggests the vagus nerve may be one of the heart’s most important defenders against aging. Researchers found that ...

In the leadup to the FDA decision for Cytokinetics’s obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy drug, the outstanding question wasn’t so much whether the agency would approve the medication, but rather ...

Cancer patients often lose excessive amounts of weight. This affects up to 80% of patients and is mainly due to a decrease in muscle mass and fatty tissue. This cancer-induced cachexia (CIC) is ...

Exercise can slow tumour growth in mice by shifting the body’s metabolism so that muscle cells, rather than cancer cells, take the glucose and grow. A similar process may occur in people. To examine ...

ATTR-CM is a rare, underdiagnosed contributor to heart failure. There is no cure, but newer treatments can slow the progression of the disease. Early detection and treatment are key to a better ...

Copper (Cu), an essential trace element for normal bodily functions, plays a pivotal role in cardiac muscle biology and is critical for cardiac function and metabolism. Recent research increasingly ...

After demonstrating last year that its miniaturized heart pumps could improve survival shortly after a serious heart attack, Johnson & Johnson MedTech has now shown that the benefits from its Impella ...

Arecchi et al. demonstrate that polarized second-harmonic generation microscopy can be used to probe the ON/OFF states of myosin in both permeabilized and intact muscle, making this key measurement ...