The brain and vagus nerve play a key role in exacerbating tissue damage after a heart attack, but there are ways to block it.

In mice, blocking heart-to-brain signals improved healing after a heart attack, hinting at new targets for cardiac therapy.

Maintaining a stable heartbeat is critical for survival. Your heart must constantly adapt its output to meet changing demands ...

Heart failure has historically been irreversible, but the outcome of a new study suggests that could someday change. At the University of Utah, scientists used a new gene therapy that was shown to ...

Myqorzo (aficamten) is a new therapy for oHCM, improving functional capacity and symptoms, with an annual cost of $108,400. The Myqorzo & You program provides personalized support, including insurance ...

Scientists have identified a key reason why more than half of people with chronic kidney disease eventually die from heart-related conditions. New evidence shows that damaged kidneys release a ...

Why do half of patients with chronic kidney disease experience heart complications?” This question has long been an unresolved challenge in the medical field. A U.S. research team recently claimed to ...

Heart failure sounds alarming—and rightfully so. Yet approximately 6.5 million Americans currently live with this condition, many with the specific variant called systolic heart failure, and a ...

Heart failure (HF) is a chronic and progressive cardiovascular condition associated with significant morbidity, mortality and ...

Lower cardiac output has been tied to poorer cerebral blood flow (CBF) in the temporal lobes of older adults without heart failure, a finding that adds to a growing body of research linking heart ...

Ifetroban significantly improved LVEF in DMD patients, showing a 5.4% improvement compared with propensity-matched natural history controls, with high-dose treatment yielding the most benefit. The ...