Get to know the functions of your heart, blood vessels, and blood itself and how they work together to maintain your health.

A major cardiovascular risk factor is thickening of the heart walls (hypertrophy), which can result from high blood ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . People whose sedentary time rose from age 11 to 24 years were more likely to have a progressively enlarged left ...

Beta-blockers have been the cornerstone of treatment for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy for almost 6 years. Recent ...

Mitral regurgitation (MR) and tricuspid regurgitation (TR) are two conditions involving backward leakage of blood through a heart valve when a ventricle contracts. People may experience either or both ...

The coronary sinus (CS) refers to a collection of veins that join together to form a large blood vessel. This vein is located between the left atrium and the left ventricle of the heart. A collection ...

Sustained pathological remodeling of the heart after injury is associated with increased risk of heart failure and death. Several recent studies have shown that strategies to reduce heart failure are ...

Background Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common comorbidity in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and may exacerbate arrhythmic ...