Heart block is a disruption in the electrical signals that control your heart. Your heart depends on a steady flow of electrical signals that start in the heart’s upper chambers (atria). The signals ...
Premature ventricular contraction (PVC) is a type of abnormal heartbeat, or arrhythmia. It happens when the heartbeat begins in the lower, rather than the upper, heart chambers. This creates an ...
You can develop shortness of breath if you have heart valve problems. This is because your heart valves help move blood through the four chambers of your heart and throughout your body. Your heart ...
Miniature-sized heart chambers called ventricles have been 3D printed with live human heart muscle cells and shown to beat on their own for at least three months. Artificial heart tissue can be made ...
CINCINNATI (WKRC) - One of the first patients to receive some high-tech heart help is saying thank you to the team at St. Elizabeth Health after they helped give him back part of his life. One of the ...
Heart cancer is cancer that starts in the cells of your heart. It’s also called primary cardiac cancer. It’s very rare. In fact, almost everything we know about it comes from autopsy studies and case ...