Cardiology
Spider proteins offer new insight into human heart conditions
Proteins found in the muscles of tarantulas are helping scientists to understand how genetic changes can lead to serious heart conditions.
Jun 14, 2017
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News tagged with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Cardiology
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy may not cause symptoms until later in life
Dear Mayo Clinic: My dad was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at age 52. He has been on medication for a few months, but doctors said he likely will need surgery, even though his symptoms are very mild. Is surgery ...
May 6, 2016
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Cardiology
Researchers spot tell-tale signs of potentially fatal cardiac arrest
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the leading cause of sudden cardiac death in young people (such as the unexpected near fatal cardiac arrest suffered by the-then 23 year old footballer Fabrice Muamba), but the microscopic heart ...
May 24, 2019
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Cardiology
New scanning methods can detect deadly heart condition before symptoms appear
Combining two types of heart scan techniques could help doctors to detect the deadly heart condition hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) before symptoms and signs on conventional tests appear, according to a new study led by ...
Jul 19, 2023
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Genetics
Scientists catch heartbeat 'molecular switch' in action
Oxford University Radcliffe Department of Medicine researchers have developed a new method that uses a protein originally found in marine corals to visualise the flow of calcium that makes the heart beat.
Feb 8, 2019
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Cardiology
Up to 80% of athletes who die suddenly had no symptoms or family history of heart disease
Recommendations on how to use gene testing to prevent sudden cardiac death in athletes and enable safe exercise are published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology ...
Jun 16, 2022
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Cardiology
Trial shows drug effective in nearly 80% of patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Findings from a Cleveland Clinic-led clinical trial showed that the use of an experimental drug in severely symptomatic, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients significantly reduced the need for invasive procedures.
Apr 3, 2022
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Cardiology
The molecular mechanism underlying hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
A study led by Stanford Medicine researchers shows why so many mutations associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a heart disorder, alter a key constituent of muscle cells in a way that makes it work overtime.
Aug 20, 2018
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Cardiology
Combined 3D modelling technique predicts abnormal heart rhythms in patients with genetic heart disease
Modeling the heart in 3D using combined imaging techniques can help predict heart rhythm abnormalities, or arrhythmias, in patients with a genetic heart disease, shows a study published today in eLife.
Jan 25, 2022
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Cardiology
Pioneering discovery leads to potential preventive treatment for sudden cardiac death
More than 15 years ago, David Warshaw, Ph.D., and coworkers discovered the precise malfunction of a specific protein in the heart that leads to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a common culprit in cases of sudden death in young ...
Feb 5, 2016
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