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

When the heart's muscle is weakened or injured due to a heart attack, it can make it hard for the heart to pump enough blood ...

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) regulates protein folding and maintains proteostasis in cells- a process essential to maintaining cellular health. However, researchers at UAB have found that chronic ...

Proteotoxic stress over time can cause irreversible cardiac abnormalities. Proteotoxicity, the damage caused by faulty proteins, contributes to a severe form of heart disease. Rajasekaran ...

heart tissue Causes of death in patients with epilepsy were assessed to determine the presence of cardiac pathology. There does not appear to be a higher prevalence of cardiac fibrosis among patients ...

In a recent study published in eBioMedicine, researchers examined the histopathological features and immunohistochemical and proteomic characteristics of yellow fever (YF)-related myocardial damage.

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Routine return-to-play (RTP) cardiac screening of professional athletes with previous COVID-19 ...

HEMOCHROMATOSIS is a disease of excessive iron storage leading to fibrosis and other tissue damage in many organs of the body. It has long been known that one of the organs frequently involved is the ...

What Is the Heart Conduction System? The heart conduction system is made up of cells, nodes, and signals that help your heart to beat. In fact, the cardiac conduction system is responsible for our ...