Taken into consideration with existing knowledge, it appears likely that vertebrate hearts have a more sophisticated 'brain' ...

Medically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MD Congestive heart failure (CHF), often called heart failure, occurs when the heart ...

Cardiomyocytes consist of a complex membrane system that is subjected to high mechanical stress during heart muscle ...

A study reveals artificial hearts can regenerate heart muscle cells, supporting the idea that resting the heart enables ...

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[2] Physicians interpreting dobutamine MRI stress tests must review the MRI images in near real time on special display software to assess heart muscle contraction or perfusion during drug infusion.

Her research is focused on the mechanism of sarcomere proteins in heart muscle contraction. She aims to understand how troponin, specifically troponin I (TnI), contributes to the dynamic thin filament ...

Involuntary cardiac and smooth muscles are responsible for contraction of the heart and movement of substances through hollow organ systems, respectively, and voluntary skeletal muscles are ...

Researchers at Imperial College London have discovered that specialist macrophages—a type of white blood cell—play a key role in the control of muscle contraction and locomotion. The discovery ...