BACKGROUND: Declining cardiovascular mortality rates have been well-documented, yet temporal trends of sudden cardiac death ...

Cardiac electrophysiology (EP) is a relatively young field. The first surgical ablation of an accessory pathway and the first ...

BACKGROUND: Coagulation factor XI (FXI) inhibitors are a promising and novel class of anticoagulants, but a recent animal study found that FXI inhibition exacerbated diastolic dysfunction and heart ...

BACKGROUND: Cardiomyocytes in the adult human heart show a regenerative capacity, with an annual renewal rate of ≈0.5%. Whether this regenerative capacity of human cardiomyocytes is employed in heart ...

The EF-hand Ca 2+ sensor protein S100A1 has been identified as a molecular regulator and enhancer of cardiac performance. The ability of S100A1 to recognize and modulate the activity of targets such ...