Cardiovascular diseases account for approximately 30% of deaths worldwide and remain a leading cause of morbidity and ...
BACKGROUND: Classically, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) has been viewed as a single-gene (monogenic) disease caused by ...
Happy 100th Birthday AHA! It is possible to image the moving heart after all. 2024 is the 70th anniversary of ...
Background: In severely symptomatic patients with obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), VALOR-HCM trial (Study to Evaluate Mavacamten in Adults With Symptomatic Obstructive HCM Who Are ...
Cardiac electrophysiology (EP) is a relatively young field. The first surgical ablation of an accessory pathway and the first ...
The EF-hand Ca 2+ sensor protein S100A1 has been identified as a molecular regulator and enhancer of cardiac performance. The ability of S100A1 to recognize and modulate the activity of targets such ...
Cardiomyocytes in the adult human heart show a regenerative capacity, with an annual renewal rate of ≈0.5%. Whether this regenerative capacity of human cardiomyocytes is employed in heart failure has ...
Kawasaki disease (KD), an acute self-limited febrile illness that primarily affects children <5 years old, is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in developed countries, with the potential of ...