Fat deposits in muscles can increase ... BMI and other known heart risk factors, results show. “Knowing that intermuscular fat raises the risk of heart disease gives us another way to identify people ...

Manchester, N.H.-based Elliot Health System has tapped Gerald Sardella, MD, to lead the cardiac surgery program at the system's new heart and vascular center. Dr. Sardella will build and launch ...

The myocardium is composed of a specialized type of muscle cell called cardiac muscle that is only found in the heart. Cardiac muscle is striated like skeletal muscle, but is controlled by both the ...

[2] Despite these detailed descriptions of abnormal cardiac phenotypes, important gaps in our understanding of developmental control mechanisms remain. Only a handful of target genes regulated by ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have uncovered how specialized cells surrounding small blood vessels, known as perivascular cells, contribute to blood vessel dysfunction in chronic ...

“This is because the heart's muscle cells, called cardiomyocytes, don’t regenerate quickly. During a cardiac arrest, when oxygen supply is cut off, these cells die. Instead of growing ...