Patients with high volumes of fat tissue around the heart may experience greater myocardial injury after acute myocardial ...

Increased volume of epicardial adipose tissue, detected by cardiovascular imaging, was found to be associated with greater ...

Every minute counts after the onset of myocardial infarction (MI). Modern treatment with thrombolytic agents can lyse the clot in the coronary artery in patients with infarction and, by doing so, ...

A new study by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), a founding member of the Mass General Brigham (MGB) healthcare system, reveals an important step to help the human heart ...

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a nonatherosclerotic, nontraumatic separation of the coronary arterial walls and causes acute coronary syndrome and sudden cardiac death. Image Credit: ...

A septal infarct is an area of dead tissue in the septum of the heart, which is a wall of tissue dividing the two sides of the heart. It happens when there is a blockage or reduction in its blood ...