In this Review, Zhao and colleagues summarize the major challenges in the implementation of preventative strategies for cardiovascular disease in China and discuss the potential value of digital ...

Exposure to high levels of the body’s primary stress hormone – cortisol – in preterm fetuses can disrupt normal heart development, potentially increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease in later ...

Recent advances in cardiovascular pharmacology have spotlighted that biological sex profoundly influences not only drug responses, but also the real-world ...

Cardiovascular disease remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and the discovery of safe and effective therapies continues to face ...

Although cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are well known throughout the world, their form and the burden they cause change as a country undergoes economic development. Developing countries begin with a ...

Mingfu Wu, associate professor at the UH College of Pharmacy, reports in Cardiovascular Research about his finding of the heart develeopment in utero and how spongy heart disease may be caused in the ...

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide, yet progress in understanding and treating cardiac disorders is limited by the shortcomings of existing experimental models. Traditional ...

An international team of researchers has discovered a natural mechanism that protects the heart from heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), a serious condition in need of effective ...

Vertebrate heart formation depends on coordinated signaling among the first heart field, the second heart field (SHF), and neural crest cells (NCC).

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Rising cardiovascular disease rates in developing nations could threaten economic development and a concerted effort by governments, business and aid groups is needed to address ...