Scientists explored how repeated breath-holding impacts the body. A study found that practicing breath-holding techniques ...

Cardiogenic shock is the leading cause of death among patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction (MI). Understanding the mechanisms for acute pump failure is therefore important. The aim ...

It’s how much blood your heart pumps in 1 minute. Your doctor uses the measurement to see if you might have heart problems or to check how well a treatment works. Your blood carries oxygen and ...

The acute ventricular response to changes in cardiac workload depends on cardiac factors such as Ca ++ influx and activation of the myofilaments, fiber stretch prior to excitation, and factors ...

Cardiac tamponade occurs when a pericardial effusion exerts a significant amount of pressure externally on the heart, resulting in impaired right ventricular filling eventually causing decreased ...

The major effects of aging on the cardiovascular system are the decreased compliance of the arterial system, a dropout of myocytes and atrial pacemaker cells, and increasing fibrosis of the cardiac ...