To do this, they used two cutting-edge heart scanning techniques: cardiac diffusion tensor imaging (cDTI), a type of MRI scan that shows how individual heart muscle cells are organised and packed ...

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Combining tests of myocardial microstructure and microvascular function could enable earlier detection of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) before symptoms and signs appear using conventional tests, ...

The research, funded by the British Heart Foundation and published in the journal Circulation, opens the prospect of treating the condition at the earliest stages. Being able to detect HCM earlier ...

Anew robotic heart can contract and expand with a remarkably lifelike beat, researchers reported yesterday (January 29) in Science Robotics. The researchers created the robotic heart as a tool to ...