CALCIFIC arterial disease of infants with myocardial infarcts is uncommon, but at least 50 cases have been reported in the medical literature. 1,2 The etiology has remained a complete mystery. It has ...

Endocarditis is a rare, potentially fatal infection of the endocardium, or inner lining of the heart. It is usually caused by bacteria traveling through the bloodstream to the heart and is treated by ...

The findings, published in the journal Circulation Research, not only highlight the gene regulatory mechanisms that control valve formation, but also offer clues for future medical advances A team of ...

ALTHOUGH endocardial fibroelastosis is well recognized as an infrequent but distinctive type of congenital heart disease in infants, a similar lesion is rare in adults. When it is found in an ...

Endocarditis is an infection of the heart’s inner lining, the endocardium. However, in some cases, endocarditis may also be non-infective. In non-infective endocarditis or nonbacterial thrombic ...