Using computers to make a digital replica of the heart—a digital heart twin—can successfully identify problem areas deep in ...

Atrial myxomas are usually asymptomatic and are often detected when associated with complications due to tumor obstruction or emboli causing stroke. Due to the absence of symptoms, a diagnosis of a ...

Metastatic tumors to, or that are directly invasive into, the heart are far more common. Approximately 75% of primary tumors are benign and 50–75% of these are atrial myxomas. The benign tumors ...

In the U.S., atrial fibrillation (AF), a heart condition that causes an irregular heartbeat in the upper chambers of the heart, affects up to one in three people in their lifetime. Significant ...

On Mondays, they saw a spike in patients presenting to emergency departments after a weekend of binge drinking with a heart condition called atrial fibrillation, which is characterised by an ...

Cardiac ultrasound identified an enlarged left heart with an abnormal left ventricular structure ... intracardiac right-to-left shunts, and atrial myxoma. Non-cardiac right-to-left shunts, such as ...

Attempt to get rid of the atrial fibrillation altogether and restore and maintain normal heart rhythm. Allow the atrial fibrillation to persist while controlling the heart rate There are different ...

Myxoma is the most common primary cardiac tumour, especially in adults. However, reports on this nosological entity in patients over the age of 80 are scarce in the medical literature.

The heart has its own nervous system that regulates its rhythm, challenging previous assumptions. This finding could lead to new heart disease treatments. (Artist’s concept.) Credit: SciTechDaily.com ...

an irregular heart rhythm called atrial fibrillation, or a heart valve problem called aortic stenosis. The researchers compiled data for nearly 70,000 people ages 45 to 83 living in Sweden who ...