Cells in the heart and brain communicate via electric signals that travel from cell to cell as “excitation waves.” The presence of, say, scars in the heart can slow down a part of the wave, which can ...

Vanderbilt University researchers believe a slow electrochemical wave, known as a damped wave, may be one of the reasons that low-voltage defibrillation shocks fail to halt fibrillation in cardiac ...

When temperatures soar, so do heart attacks. Now, a lab experiment explains just how temperatures climbing into Fahrenheit’s three-digits can cause ischemia and potential heart attacks, all while ...

Certain groups of people may have twice the risk of dying from a heart attack during heat waves and high levels of fine particulate pollution, according to a new study published in Circulation, the ...

Back to front: simulation showing colliding spiral wave-front and wave-back A mechanism that could break up potentially deadly spiral waves in heart tissue has been identified in simulations done by a ...

Heart cells form a dense, well-coupled excitable medium that displays macroscopic propagating waves of activity with characteristic space scales that are orders of magnitude larger than the cells ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- There is a medical first being conducted in Pennsylvania. Sound waves are being tested to treat a common heart condition. CBS3's Stephanie Stahl spoke to the first patient who is ...

New research from Cedars-Sinai has found over the course of the pandemic heart attack deaths have spiked alongside COVID-19 infection waves. The findings cannot causally link the increases in heart ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Vanderbilt University researchers believe a slow electrochemical wave, known as a damped wave, may be one of the reasons that low-voltage defibrillation shocks fail to halt ...

Certain groups of people may have twice the risk of dying from a heart attack during heat waves and high levels of fine particulate pollution, according to a new study published in Circulation, the ...