Scientists at Université de Montréal and its affiliated Centre de recherche Azrieli du CHU Sainte-Justine have made a major advance in their research into cardiovascular disease: They've created ...

The brain and vagus nerve play a key role in exacerbating tissue damage after a heart attack, but there are ways to block it.

Researchers from Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and the Leiden-based biotech company Ncardia have joined forces to ...

Both arteries and veins are types of blood vessels in the cardiovascular system. An artery carries blood away from the heart, and a vein carries blood back to the heart. Blood vessels are essential ...

Cardiovascular Reparative Medicine and Tissue Engineering (CRMTE) aims to develop future technologies and therapeutic strategies that will serve as treatment for cardiovascular disease. CRMTE includes ...

Your circulatory system works all day, every day, to pump oxygen throughout your body. There are cardiovascular conditions that can impact this system. Your circulatory system, also known as your ...

Millions of people live with atrial fibrillation, a racing, uneven heartbeat that can leave you exhausted and scared. Yet it has been at least 30 years since a new drug for this common rhythm problem ...

The Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) released the world's first classification of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), or heart attack, based on heart tissue damage research that was driven by two ...

What Is the Heart Conduction System? The heart conduction system is made up of cells, nodes, and signals that help your heart to beat. In fact, the cardiac conduction system is responsible for our ...

FRANCE — Did you know that, long before anyone else, Leonardo da Vinci called into question Galen's description of how the heart works? This is just one of the many interesting tidbits featured in ...