A newly discovered pathway between the heart and brain may explain why healthy people faint. The pathway appears to carry signals from the heart's lower pumping chambers to an area of the brainstem ...

Australian researchers have uncovered a crucial new mechanism that helps explain how the heart's major blood vessels form ...

Incorporating high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) testing into the traditional HEART pathway may improve detection of acute MI in patients presenting to the emergency department (ED) with chest ...

Researchers at Kumamoto University have developed a highly sensitive blood test that can detect subtle differences in how easily blood begins to clot, offering new possibilities for tailoring ...

A new study details how a protein previously associated with regulating metabolism in the liver also plays a part in maintaining a healthy heart by ensuring that the heart wall is neither too thick ...

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