When patients arrive for a cardiac MRI at Health First’s Holmes Regional Medical Center, they may not realize that while they lie still in the scanner.

What makes a body’s organs into what they are is more than just a grouping of specialized cells. They also need to be oriented and attached to each other and scaffolding in order to create structures ...

Scientists have solve a 60-year-old mystery about one of the body's most vital organs: the heart. One University of Kentucky researcher has helped solve a 60-year-old mystery about one of the body's ...

More than 300,000 people suffer a heart attack in Germany every year. The heart muscle is then no longer supplied with sufficient blood and oxygen, and part of the tissue dies and scars. Unlike the ...

A new small study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers and published July 25 th in the journal Nature Cardiovascular Research has revealed the impact of obesity on muscle structure in patients ...

The coronary sinus (CS) refers to a collection of veins that join together to form a large blood vessel. This vein is located between the left atrium and the left ventricle of the heart. A collection ...