Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . People with obesity in young or middle adulthood have a greater chance of having adverse heart structure and ...

A large new study using advanced imaging found that abdominal obesity, sometimes referred to as a "beer belly," is associated with more harmful changes in heart structure than overall body weight ...

Hispanic/Latina women with a history of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) -- conditions marked by high blood pressure during pregnancy -- are more likely to have abnormalities in their heart ...

Phase II ARCHER trial showed a significant reduction in left ventricular (LV) mass (p=0.0117) and improvements in multiple key cardiac MRI (CMR) measures of structural heart recovery in patients with ...

Senior Lecturer and Clinical Academic in Faculty of Medicine, Health & Life Sciences, Swansea University Mammals, from the mighty blue whale to the tiny shrew, inhabit nearly every corner of our ...

Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. The heart is the central organ of the human circulatory system. Both congenital and acquired structural ...

Type 2 diabetes quietly changes the heart structure and how it produces energy, thus increasing the risk of heart failure, according to a study. Researchers at the University of Sydney, Australia, ...

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have determined the full-length structure of a blood pressure-regulating hormone receptor for the first time, uncovering how it functions, which may enable better ...

Increase in waist-to-hip ratio linked to higher left ventricular mass and lower ventricular volumes. (HealthDay News) — Abdominal obesity is associated with more harmful changes to heart structure ...

High blood pressure causes your heart's walls to thicken, which increases your risk of congestive heart failure (CHF).