“It's a specific gene, which can lead to a condition called Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia, ARVC," said Shah ... She's about to have a cardiac MRI," said Clay.

MRI-derived myocardial extracellular volume fraction (ECV) is elevated in the presence of fibrosis, amyloid deposition, inflammation and edema. In patients with cardiac amyloidosis and prolonged T2 ...

March 20, 2025 -- More people are likely to be diagnosed with a condition that heightens the risk of heart attack and stroke, thanks to a controversial broadening of the definition that has ...

Diastolic heart failure causes a stiff left ventricle that prevents the heart from relaxing between beats. Common symptoms include coughing, tiredness, and shortness of breath. Systolic and ...

ST. JOHN’S - Terry Rideout says he was loading up his fishing gear the first time a tiny implant in his chest sent bolts of electricity into his heart and shocked it back into its regular rhythm.

This study assesses the ability of cardiac MRI (CMR) to distinguish between physiological LVH (so-called athlete's heart) and HCM. Methods 45 patients with HCM (71% men and 20% athletic) and 734 ...

an imaging test that can show any changes in the structure of your heart MRI, another noninvasive test that can offer many specific details about how your heart is working “When you’re ...

Jodi Vance had over 8,000 followers on Instagram. Jodi Vance, a 20-year-old bodybuilder in the US, has died after suffering a fatal heart attack while attending a sports festival. In a social ...

"So using a Nobel Prize winning technique, we can change a person's skin into heart. So then we can look in the lab to see what's different about an ARVC heart cell versus their unaffected ...

Correspondence to Dr Rachel M Wald, Toronto Congenital Cardiac Centre for Adults, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON M5G 2N2, Canada; Rachel.Wald{at}uhn.ca Objective The ...