Only cardiac muscle tissue, comprising cells called myocytes, is present in the heart. In this article, we discuss the structure and function of cardiac muscle tissue. We also cover medical ...

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

On the outside, the heart is made of muscle. The strong muscular walls ... How long can you live with 20% heart function? One measurement of how much blood your heart pumps out per beat is the ...

and can be present either with depressed contractile ("squeezing") function of the heart, known as systolic heart failure, or with apparently normal contraction of the heart muscle, known as diastolic ...

Intensive exercise- and sport changes the heart of an athlete. Research led by Amsterdam UMC shows that the hearts of female ...

cardiac and smooth muscles typically move involuntarily. These muscles receive signals from the autonomic nervous system. Skeletal muscle function is important for daily activities and your ...

of cardiac muscle cells (cardiomyocytes), which can negatively affect heart function. So, it made sense for the researchers to investigate whether lipoxins, with their inflammation-resolving ...

Researchers at the Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, and the University of Utah School of Medicine, have demonstrated that a gene therapy can ...