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 ...

Aortic valve narrowing (aortic stenosis) with concomitant cardiac amyloidosis is a severe heart disease of old age that is ...

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 ...

This inflammatory process may gradually impair the function of the microvascular system—the network of tiny blood vessels responsible for delivering oxygen and nutrients to the heart muscle.

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 ...

Artificial intelligence was used to measure the dimensions and function of the left ventricle, and to evaluate heart function among 36,000 healthy individuals, based on cardiac magnetic resonance ...

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 ...