When it comes to heart health, heart attacks tend to get the spotlight. While 805,000 people die from heart attacks every ...

Some patients with an ischemic stroke of unknown origin may have underlying cardiomyopathies that could be detected with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a new study suggests. "Although rare, ...

A study led by Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences researchers sheds light on understanding the genetic causes of pediatric cardiomyopathy. Published Feb. 3 in the American Journal of ...

When George Michael passed away on December 25, his death was initially categorized as “unexplained but not suspicious.” Today, the coroner investigating Michael’s death revealed that the singer died ...

Broken heart syndrome is a common name for stress-induced cardiomyopathy, or takotsubo cardiomyopathy, a disease that affects the heart’s muscle tissue. In 1990, Japanese researchers named the ...

Severe hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a dangerous disorder that causes an abnormal thickening of the heart walls, can run in families—and it’s often associated with a variant in the gene TNNT2. A team ...

The A143T variant of the GLA gene is associated with an increased risk of Fabry cardiomyopathy, according to a new study. The variant plays a role in lipid metabolism. According to the researchers, ...

Heart disease is a type of cardiovascular disease that affects the heart’s structure and function. Several different heart conditions fall under the umbrella term for heart disease. The most common ...

Nana Asiedu will not play football for Penn State. The freshman offensive lineman announced Wednesday night that because it was recently discovered he has hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a genetic heart ...