ALTHOUGH endocardial fibroelastosis is well recognized as an infrequent but distinctive type of congenital heart disease in infants, a similar lesion is rare in adults. When it is found in an ...

Endocarditis is a rare, potentially fatal infection of the endocardium, or inner lining of the heart. It is usually caused by bacteria traveling through the bloodstream to the heart and is treated by ...

New hope offered by a pharmacy team for treating heart disease by sharing insights into the fundamental process of how the heart is formed in utero. From his lab at the University of Houston College ...

A team at Case Western Reserve University, Ohio, has used a technique based on optical coherence tomography (OCT) to visualize the stresses induced in embryonic hearts by the pumping of blood. The ...

Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a major cause of chronic and serious ill-health in developing countries. It is responsible for a leading share of heart disease in children and young adults, ...