Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

The first-ever cardiac study of elite female basketball players in the United States shows how their hearts adapt to intense physical training. The study of 140 WNBA players also provides [...]

Having now reached its third year, Project “iHEART” of Politecnico di Milano, winner of an ERC Advanced Grant of euro 2,350,000, has set itself the ambitious goal of creating a [...]

Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.May 14 2020 Many heart diseases are linked to oxidative stress, an overabundance of reactive oxygen species. The body reacts to reduce oxidative stress — [...]

Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.May 4 2020 Over the past 30 years, colleges and universities have increasingly screened athletes for health conditions that may pose undue risk to sports [...]

People with certain heart diseases may be more susceptible to worse outcomes with COVID-19, but the reason why has remained unknown. New research from Mayo Clinic indicates that in patients with [...]

By studying the sick hearts removed from four patients undergoing heart transplants, researchers have identified a protein and a signaling pathway that may contribute to sudden death in an [...]

An approach based on artificial intelligence (AI) may allow EKGs to be used to screen for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the future. With hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the heart walls become thick [...]

The field of heart failure in pediatric populations has recently initiated more registries and clinical trials. This age group has special concerns and particularities regarding their clinical [...]

The heart’s ability to beat normally over a lifetime is predicated on the synchronized work of proteins embedded in the cells of the heart muscle. Like a fleet of molecular motors that get [...]

When Kayla Green was first diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), she felt vindicated. “For years, I could feel something was wrong in my chest,” she said. “Other [...]