The discovery of a novel approach to promote cardiomyocyte proliferation offers new hope for the treatment of ischemic heart failure. Researchers in the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery at ...

Ischemic heart disease, the leading cause of death in the United States, has long puzzled researchers. While high serum cholesterol levels are linked to cardiovascular risk, the role of dietary fat ...

Ischemic heart disease affects more than 18 million Americans, making it the leading cause of death nationwide. This condition occurs when coronary arteries become narrowed or blocked, restricting ...

In the Quinapril and Ischemic Events (QUIET) study, [24] the ACE inhibitor quinapril was administered to CAD patients who underwent percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. A clinical benefit ...

Researchers at the Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, and the University of Utah School of Medicine, have demonstrated that a gene therapy can ...

Research into the protective effects of two anti-inflammatory molecules, transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF 1) and Heligmosomoides polygyrus TGM (HpTGM), following heart attack found that both ...

I have always believed that there are at least 2 mechanisms involved in the production of secondary mitral valve regurgitation. The standard view is that dilation of the left ventricle causes dilation ...

About 1 in 5 patients with cancer who undergo genetic testing are incidentally found to have mutations in their blood called clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP). A study from ...