Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, have developed a polymeric biohybrid cardiac device that harnesses the ...

Cardiac arrhythmias are a major risk factor for sudden cardiac death, which accounts for 15% to 20% of all deaths worldwide. Causes for arrhythmias are diverse and include genetic factors, patients' ...

Nearly a half-million people a year die from sudden cardiac death (SCD) in the U.S. -- the result of malfunctions in the heart's electrical system. A leading cause of SCD in young athletes is ...

Mst1 causes the transport of FoxO1 from the cell cytoplasm to the nucleus by phosphorylating it. This is shown by the colocalization of the green and the blue stain when Ad-Mst1 is added. Researchers ...

Loss of cardiomyocytes leads to regional contractile dysfunction, and necrotized cardiomyocytes in infarcted ventricular tissues are progressively replaced by fibroblasts to form scar tissues. Recent ...

A 57-year-old man with nonischemic cardiomyopathy who was dependent on venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and was not a candidate for standard therapeutics, including a ...

An assistant professor of biomedical sciences has developed a better understanding of the pathological characteristics behind arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy, as well as promising avenues for prevention ...

Embryonic epicardium is crucial for normal heart morphogenesis. The tissue originates from the proepicardial organ, with cells migrating to form the outer mesothelial layer, giving rise to non-myocyte ...