Long before we're born, our heart's tissues twitch and convulse in a rhythm that only ceases in our final hour.

Cardiovascular disease continues to lead as the primary cause of death across the globe, taking millions of lives every year.

Physicians at Emory University Hospital performed the first-ever surgical implantation in the United States of a brand-new ...

Physician-scientists found that a subset of artificial heart patients can regenerate heart muscle, which may open the door to new ways to treat and perhaps someday cure heart failure.

Will Cullen Hart, a founding member of bands the Olivia Tremor Control and Circulatory System and a co-founder of the Elephant 6 music collective, died at 53 on Nov. 29 from natural causes.

How to Calculate Your Maximum Heart Rate Your maximum heart rate is the highest number of beats per minute your cardiovascular system can safely handle during physical activity. While it can be ...

Sleeping and waking up at different times is associated with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke, even for people who get the recommended amount of sleep, according to new research.

This new model, grounded in realistic mathematical descriptions of the heart's anatomy and physiology, successfully captures normal heart function and can predict how the heart responds to ...

cDepartment of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London, London, UK dDepartment of Cardiology, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK eUniversity of Antwerp and ...

Students from around the world choose to study at the world-renowned Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification (CAHID), part of the School of Science and Engineering. The teaching of human anatomy ...