People who live close to airports and are exposed to high aircraft noise levels could be at greater risk of poor heart function, increasing the likelihood of heart attacks, life-threatening heart ...

A new gene therapy can reverse the effects of heart failure and restore heart function in a large animal model. The therapy increases the amount of blood the heart can pump and dramatically improves ...

Jen Davis (left) and Bella Reichardt (right) conducting research in a lab for genetic engineering of heart fibroblasts.at the UW Medicine Institute for Stem Cell and Regeneration Medicine. Fibroblasts ...

The human heart can lose up to one-third of its cardiomyocyte (heart muscle cells) following a severe heart attack, but a new study found that the heart can regrow these cells following ischemia.

Most people think of a heart attack as a problem that only affects the heart. However, doctors have known for many years that the effects of a heart attack often extend far beyond the cardiovascular ...

A myocardial infarction (MI), or heart attack, doesn't just damage the cardiovascular system—it can dramatically reshape how ...

Accurately measuring electrical signals and calcium levels in the heart can lead to earlier treatment of potentially fatal conditions, such as heart attack or congestive heart failure. Calcium plays ...

The vagus nerve is also involved in communication between the brain and digestive system, sometimes called the "gut-brain ...