Introduction: Mechanical Cardiac Support and Left Ventricular Assist Devices (LVAD) have been demonstrated to prolong Heart Failure patients' survival and improve their quality of life. LVAD ...

Ventriculoperitoneal shunting is indicated when the ventricles continue to enlarge at a body weight of around 2.5 kg and cerebrospinal fluid protein levels are below 1.5 g /L. This review summarises ...

The left side of the heart accepts replenished blood from the lungs, and then pumps that blood out to all the body’s organs. Each side of the heart has two chambers, for a total of four chambers. The ...

Ventricular assist devices (VADs) are mechanical pumps that help circulate blood in patients with severe heart failure. These devices are crucial for patients awaiting heart transplants or those ...

Death by heartbreak doesn't just happen in stories. In real life, severe stress can cause the sometimes-fatal takotsubo syndrome.

Fresh from FDA approval for its paediatric stem-cell product, Mesoblast is pursuing consent for indications of heart disease ...

In this mini review, we will briefly introduce cardiac autonomic anatomy and autonomic activity in ventricular arrhythmias (VAs) and discuss novel approaches of CANS modulation for treating VAs.

Right-sided heart failure involves the right ventricle (bottom right chamber of the heart). When the right ventricle doesn’t pump well, blood backs up in the blood vessels that carry blood from the ...

The body produces more cortisol, a stress hormone that can raise blood pressure, oxidise lipids that elevate cholesterol, ...

Spencer Davis, 16, experienced cardiac arrest from a football tackle. He wants others to learn about the condition and how to ...

A new study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Södersjukhuset shows that advanced ultrasound imaging analyses cannot ...

ozemail.com.au AIMS To establish normal ranges, in preterm infants < 33 weeks' gestation, for measurements of the lateral, third, and fourth ventricles and to assess intra-observer and inter-observer ...