More people born with a single lower heart chamber survive; but, face challenges
The Fontan procedure has allowed more people born with only one ventricle — the lower pumping chamber of the heart
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Smarter automatic defibrillator
Thousands of patients with congestive heart failure benefit from automatic implantable cardiac defibrillators (AICDs) that deliver shocks to the heart
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Faulty ‘brake’ interferes with heart muscle’s ability to contract and relax
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common genetic disease of the heart and a leading cause of sudden cardiac death
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Opioid injecting linked to substantial rise in bacterial heart infections
A study of people who inject drugs found a significant increase in the risk of infective endocarditis, a serious infection
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Why does diabetes cause heart failure? Study reveals what happens at cellular level; findings could lead to new drug treatments
Men with diabetes are 2.4 times more likely than non-diabetics to suffer heart failure and women are five times more
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Pregnant women with heart disease should give birth at no later than 40 weeks gestation
Pregnant women with heart disease should give birth at no later than 40 weeks gestation. That is one of the
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New soft bioelectronic mesh tested on human wrist and pulsating pig’s heart: Elastic, biocompatible, conductive mesh monitors electrophysiological signals and delivers thermal and electrical stimulations
A research team at the Center for Nanoparticle Research, within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), has succeeded in developing
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