Arteries become clogged. Blood flow is restricted and oxygen is cut off. The result is a heart attack, the world's leading ...

Heart attacks are often thought of as a plumbing issue, the result of a blockage preventing blood from flowing through one of ...

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

The first node sits in the peripheral nervous system. Sensory neurons in the vagus nerve detect damage in the heart and send signals upward. The researchers focused on a subset of vagal sensory ...

Researchers discovered a feedback loop between nerve cells, the immune system and the heart. They think it shows promise as a ...

T cells help the body heal from injuries and fight infections. They do this by making proteins called anti-inflammatory ...

In this podcast, Zachary George, Director of Hospital Certifications, The Joint Commission, and Andrea Leigh Yates, Associate Field Director for Disease Specific Care, The Joint Commission, will ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . For extended-criteria donor hearts, a cardiac transport system was associated with better posttransplant ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HeartBeam, Inc. (NASDAQ: BEAT), a cardiac technology company that has developed the first and only 3D vector electrocardiogram (VECG) platform intended for ...

McKenzie Health System earned two American Heart Association awards, credited with improving cardiac and stroke care in rural ...