What if doctors could determine heart health before ever stepping into the operating room? At Kennesaw State University, ...

The inventor sketched intricate muscular structures half a millennium ago. Turns out he was on to something.

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In heart failure, the heart can no longer supply the body with enough blood. The condition often develops over many years, ...

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Researchers conducted a retrospective cohort analysis of the STOP-HF study to examine how adults at risk for HF worsened or improved across preclinical stages and which markers predicted these changes ...

Subclinical alterations in left ventricular (LV) structure, diastolic function, and metabolic disturbances are associated with coronary heart disease (CHD) risk, but their relationships remained ...

A detailed molecular analysis of human heart tissue suggested that diabetes may play a more direct role in heart failure than previously recognized — partly by altering lipid metabolism — prompting ...

From students to professional athletes, Maryland’s ever-growing sports community has been flourishing through building relationships with some of the region’s most innovative medical institutions to ...

Early signs of pulmonary hypertension are relatively mild and mimic common conditions such as asthma, poor fitness or anxiety. [Courtesy] Many people are familiar with hypertension, commonly described ...

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