Cardiac complications in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) are the result of cardiac muscle involvement that accompanies the ...

Abstract: This letter introduces the development and analysis of a hyperboloidal pneumatic artificial muscle (h-PAM) utilizing braided straight fibers, aimed at overcoming the limitations of ...

Aortic valve. Located between the left ventricle and the aorta. As the heart muscle contracts and relaxes, the valves open and close, letting blood flow into the ventricles and out to the body at ...

This provides a clearer image of the heart because the sound waves do not have to pass through skin, muscle, or bone tissue. The TEE probe is much closer to the heart since the esophagus and heart are ...

BACKGROUND: Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is substantially influenced by genetic factors. Sarcomere function is intricately associated with other organelles, particularly the reciprocal regulation ...

This blockage can damage the heart muscle, causing chest pain, shortness of breath, and feeling weak or lightheaded. A heart attack is, in simple terms, a "circulation" problem. Cardiac arrest, on the ...

The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of stretching applied every 3 days to the soleus muscle immobilized in the shortened position on muscle fiber morphology. Eighteen 16-week-old ...

Tetracycline-inducible PGC-1α overexpression, again under control of the α-MHC promoter, was subsequently generated to test the role of PGC-1α specifically in adult cardiac muscle. 52 Induction of PGC ...

While most people recover quickly with no lasting damage, it can lead to severe, short-term failure of the heart muscle and even death in a small percentage of people. Now a new study has found ...

inflammation and signs the heart muscle is not working as well as it should among carriers of an LMNA mutation who do not have more overt signs of disease and whose heart is pumping blood normally.