New research in Sweden has produced a "blueprint" revealing how the human heart is built during prenatal development. It ...

Scar tissue in the heart was associated with abnormal heart rhythms among healthy, long-time male endurance athletes age 50 or older, potentially increasing their risk of sudden cardiac death, ...

WORCESTER, Massachusetts (WTVD) -- A team of scientists at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts transformed spinach leaves into beating heart tissue. First, they used detergent to ...

A team of researchers from the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) has taken a step forward in understanding the complex structure of heart scars that form after a myocardial infarction.

Share on Pinterest Scientists have developed a hybrid biomaterial that could help slow or reverse the aging of the heart. kynny/Getty Images A new study examines how a lesser-known part of cell ...

An immune cell type called macrophages, found throughout the body's tissues, are often referred to as the body's clean-up ...

In a rare and urgent cross-border medical effort, doctors in Riyadh successfully transplanted a donor heart into a seven-year-old Saudi boy suffering from end-stage heart failure. The heart, retrieved ...

Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) appears to develop as a result of changes in the biology of a person's internal fat tissue, according to the Adipokine Hypothesis, a new way of ...