Learn about the anatomy of the heart and how its chambers, valves, and vessels work together to maintain effective blood circulation throughout the body to sustain life.

A study led by scientists at King's has revealed how the physical orientation of the heart inside the chest dramatically ...

The ECG findings of an anterior ST segment elevation myocardial infarction include: ST segment elevation in the anterior leads (V3 and V4) and sometimes in septal and lateral leads, depending on ...

The anterior heart field (AHF)-cardiac progenitor cells (CPCs), identified as a subset of the SHF marked by expression of Mef2c marker 1, reside within the pharyngeal mesoderm (PM) during early ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 66-year-old woman who recently had an ECG prior to my knee surgery. The interpretation I received stated that I had an abnormal ECG with a “left anterior fascicular block ...

According to the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association guidelines for STEMI, there must be “new ST segment elevation at the J point in at least two contiguous leads of ≥ 2 ...

boxed-textAthanasuleas CL et al. (2004) Surgical Ventricular Restoration in the Treatment of Congestive Heart Failure Due to Post-Infarction Ventricular Dilation. J Am Coll Cardiol 44: 1439–1445 ...