A heart can never rest. That creates a problem for a heart that has lost muscle tissue. “Skeletal muscle has a significant ...

Heart sounds are one tool providers use to assess heart health. Learn about systolic, diastolic, and S1 to S4 heart sounds in ...

A cardiac surgery and heart failure team at the University of Michigan implanted a novel mechanical heart pump into a patient as part of a clinical trial that will compare it to the only device ...

This Valentine’s Day, as we exchange stylised hearts in celebration of love, we might pause to remember that the power of the ...

Joanne Matos, 37, was born with an enlarged heart and has congestive heart failure. Despite a stroke and two silent heart ...

The Science Siblings are celebrating Heart Month with some facts and a DIY model.

an implantable heart pump that assists the weak muscle of the heart's left ventricle in pumping blood throughout the body. Once used as a stopgap before transplant, VADs are now increasingly used ...

Studies have shown that people living in Mediterranean countries, such as Italy and Greece, are less likely to die of heart ...

The world's smallest heart pump helped save a Children's Hospital of Philadelphia patient's life. Now that it's been FDA-approved for younger children, doctors say it will help even more.