Older people who have a thickening of the wall around the heart's main pumping chamber are nearly three times as likely as people with normal hearts to suffer a stroke, an eight-year study of the ...

Since the coronavirus pandemic first began, evidence has emerged showing that Covid-19 can damage more than the lungs. The disease caused by the novel coronavirus can harm other organs in the body -- ...

Built from MRI data this video shows how the heart muscle contracts (strain) which the researchers used to find genetic associations. A major cardiovascular risk factor is thickening of the heart ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a genetic disease that causes the heart muscle to become thicker, making it harder for the heart to pump blood. It's a condition that affects one in 200–500 people ...