Experts have a decent grasp on how COVID-19 impacts cardiovascular health in the near term. The implications of long COVID, however, remain mysterious.

The procedure, performed last Friday, is a milestone in a long effort to boost the number of organs available for safe transplantation.

A chronically stressed amygdala can prime the heart to overreact to acute stress events, a new study shows.

The multifarious nature of the damage means treatments for cardiac issues during infection will require tailored approaches.

Danforth founded the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center and expanded scientific research at Washington University and beyond campus in St. Louis.

A bioengineered heart made of pig and synthetic tissues beats like the real thing.

A growth factor treatment helps improve cardiac functioning after heart attack in pigs.

A study in mice reveals that stem cell transplants, currently in clinical trials, may not actually require the cells.

A case study of a family demonstrates that different genetic mutations from the two parents cause severe heart disease symptoms in the children.

The robotic catheter can guide its own movements within the heart of a live mammal to the site of a leaky valve replacement.

Roberto Bolli was editor of the American Heart Association’s journal until last week, after anti-gay comments he sent to the Louisville Ballet became public.

Primates receiving heart transplants from genetically engineered pigs have survived more than six months, a new study reveals.

The 51-year-old University of Cape Town researcher had been suffering from depression, and his death has prompted reflection on being a black academic in South Africa.

A mouse study adds to the growing body of work disputing the ability of progenitor cells to regenerate muscle tissue in adult mammals’ hearts.

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