BACKGROUND: Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) is characterized by impaired contractility and high ...

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, have developed a polymeric biohybrid cardiac device that harnesses the power of light to electrically and mechanically control living heart tissue ...

The heart is the only muscle that contracts and relaxes continuously over a lifetime to pump oxygen-rich blood to the body's organs. Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center now have identified a ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common hereditary heart disease. It causes the left ventricle to thicken, the heart muscle to contract too strongly and work too hard. This additional ...

No one can live without a heart pumping blood to the rest of the body. New research from the University of Missouri School of Medicine reveals more information about this vital function and how it’s ...

A viral claim circulating online suggests that eating pomegranate can strengthen heart muscles and increase the force of cardiac contraction (1 Trusted Source Effects of pomegranate juice consumption ...