The finding that unregulated, continuous delivery of vascular endothelial growth factor to the myocardium causes the formation of hemangiomas and death in mice indicates that more research is ...

Background Mechanical stress on the heart is commonly considered the sole stimulus explaining the synthesis and release of circulating natriuretic peptides and their derivatives. While one of the most ...

Atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (CAD) affects the coronary arteries, which deliver blood to the myocardium. CAD symptoms include stable angina, reviewed here, and acute coronary syndromes ...

When right atrial enlargement occurs, it does not take longer for cardiac action potentials to travel through the atrial myocardium (similar to left atrial enlargement). However, the amplitude of ...