Lower cardiac output has been tied to poorer cerebral blood flow (CBF) in the temporal lobes of older adults without heart failure, a finding that adds to a growing body of research linking heart ...

Maintaining a stable heartbeat is critical for survival. Your heart must constantly adapt its output to meet changing demands for oxygen and nutrients. Traditionally, scientists have attributed this ...

The heart’s apex is located at the bottom tip of the heart. It consists of the left and right ventricles. Conditions affecting the heart’s apex include myocarditis, cardiomyopathy, and heart attack.

Scientists at UC San Diego have designed a wearable heart monitor they say could take the place of a hospital cardiogram. KPBS sci-tech reporter Thomas Fudge tells us about this new device about the ...

The heart beating right within your chest is a vital organ for keeping you alive. Traditionally, it was also believed to operate under the exclusive control of the autonomic nervous system, which ...

Darrell Dixon’s father was just 25 when he had a major heart attack in the rural Mississippi Delta. By his early 40s, a series of additional attacks had left his heart muscle too weak to pump enough ...

A heart PET scan is a noninvasive imaging test that uses a small amount of radiation. It helps doctors understand how the heart functions and whether it is healthy. Cardiac or heart PET scans create ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Darrell Dixon’s father was just 25 when he ...