To do this, they used two cutting-edge heart scanning techniques: cardiac diffusion tensor imaging (cDTI), a type of MRI scan that shows how individual heart muscle cells are organised and packed ...

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MRI images of the hearts of a healthy volunteer (left), individual with HCM gene but no symptoms (middle), patient with overt HCM (right). Top: quantitative perfusion images showing defects in heart ...

Anew robotic heart can contract and expand with a remarkably lifelike beat, researchers reported yesterday (January 29) in Science Robotics. The researchers created the robotic heart as a tool to ...

Combining tests of myocardial microstructure and microvascular function could enable earlier detection of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) before symptoms and signs appear using conventional tests, ...