Cardiovascular Diseases: News and Research on Cardiomyopathies

MeSH tree: C14.280.238

Becoming a mother despite pregnancy-induced heart failure

Peripartum cardiac insufficiency (PPCM) is a rare but life-threatening condition that can affect previously heart-healthy women a few weeks before or after the birth of a child. For unknown reasons, the left ventricle is ...

Dietary supplement shown to restore cardiac function

A dietary supplement developed at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute has been found to stop the progression of heart failure in animal models, providing further evidence of the supplement's efficacy for potential use ...

A disrupted protein recycling process can harm heart health

A disrupted protein degradation process in heart muscle cells can lead to a range of severe heart diseases. In the case of dilated cardiomyopathy, a pathological enlargement of the heart chambers, researchers at the Max Planck ...

What is cardiac arrest? Why is it so deadly?

Cardiac arrest is when the heart stops abruptly with little or no warning. It is often fatal. According to American Heart Association data, 9 out of every 10 people who experience cardiac arrest outside of a hospital die.

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