The coronavirus SARS-Cov-2 can cause severe organ damage in humans. Heart complications are one of the possible consequences of an infection. In addition, the virus also attacks the heart directly, can cause myocarditis and ...
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Abnormalities in the proteins responsible for transmitting electrical signals in the heart likely cause abnormal heart rhythms in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), shows a study published in eLife.
Jun 28, 2022
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While lower vertebrates can repair their adult hearts after a heart attack, mammals—including humans—cannot. The ability to regenerate dead muscle tissue in mammalian hearts disappears just a few days after birth because ...
Jun 24, 2022
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A team of investigators from Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Heart Institute and Texas Children's Hospital uncovered new insights into the mechanisms underlying the progression of congenital heart disease (CHD)―a spectrum ...
Jun 22, 2022
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More than 300,000 people suffer a heart attack in Germany every year. In this case, the heart muscle is no longer supplied with sufficient blood and oxygen, and part of the heart muscle tissue dies and becomes scarred. The ...
Jun 17, 2022
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Researchers at the University of Houston are reporting a first-of-its-kind technology that not only repairs heart muscle cells in mice but also regenerates them following a heart attack, or myocardial infarction as its medically ...
Jun 16, 2022
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Scientists have identified an important new mechanism that causes the heart's muscle to thicken, which markedly increases the risk of irregular heart rhythms and heart failure.
Jun 13, 2022
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a heart disease that leads to a stressed, swollen heart muscle. Due to a poor understanding of underlying mechanisms, effective clinical treatments are not available. Patients receive generic ...
May 11, 2022
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New findings show how the progression of atherosclerosis is affected by a combination of hypertension and changes to the stiffness of the artery.
Apr 29, 2022
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Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC), in collaboration with an international scientific team, have described a new mechanism of modulation of the mechanical properties of the heart, ...
Apr 27, 2022
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