Cardiac growth induced by mechanical load is characterized mainly by the enlargement of individual myocytes; that is, hypertrophy, not an increase in myocyte number 1. Superimposed on a global ...

Advancement in molecular medicine continues to expand the diagnostic and therapeutic modalities for cardiovascular diseases. Noninvasive cardiovascular imaging is an essential component of this ...

Myocarditis describes inflammation of heart tissue known as the myocardium. This inflammation can affect the electrical system of the heart and reduce the heart’s ability to pump blood around the body ...

IN 1933, Cossio and Berconsky 1 reported a case of coronary occlusion with myocardial infarction in which an abscess was found in the infarcted area at post-mortem examination. As far as we could ...

This is a microscopic image of the myocardium in the ventricular wall of a patient with heart failure. Red tissue corresponds to fibrosis of the heart muscle The image and content of the press release ...

Myocardial infarction (MI) – more regularly known as a heart attack – is an acute phenomenon initiated by the interruption of blood supply to regions of the heart, causing myocardial necrosis.