heart failure

After a heart attack, the damage is permanent — for now. Researchers are testing innovative ways to get the heart to regenerate muscle cells and fix itself.

Researchers revealed a connection between age-related Y chromosome gene loss and increased heart scarring in men.

Researchers harvest stem cells from patients who have recently had a heart attack and use them to trigger regeneration of their cardiac muscle.

Cardiologist Sheba Meymandi hopes to prevent the deadly cardiac effects of Chagas disease with increased screening and knowledge of the disease.