The human heart is a muscle, but it’s also a kind of complicated balloon—a balloon that fills and empties roughly 60 to 100 times every minute, and several billion times during the course of a ...

Panel A shows a cross-section of a normal heart (top) and an endomyocardial biopsy sample from a normal heart (bottom; with hematoxylin and eosin staining) that shows normal histologic characteristics ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this 12-part journey through a disease state ...

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MINNEAPOLIS — By definition, a variant of unknown significance identified in an individual with cardiomyopathy can leave physicians wondering what to do with the information. Don’t discard so-called ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Readouts of data on an experimental drug for hypertrophic cardiomyopathies showed the agent appeared safe and effective in long-term treatment and can significantly improve exercise ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is an underdiagnosed genetic disorder, resulting from mutations in sarcomeric proteins. It has a highly variable clinical presentation, with some individuals remaining ...

Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a rare condition where the heart walls thicken at the left ventricle’s apex, making it harder for the ventricle to pump. Symptoms are often vague or absent, but ...