Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) occurs when the ventricles of the heart dilate and weaken, reducing the heart’s ability to pump enough blood. DCM is a severe heart condition that often begins in the left ...

Announcing a new article publication for Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal. Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), a severe heart disease, is the leading cause of heart failure and sudden ...

Local approval for this study was provided by the Rabin Medical Center Institutional Review Board, and all participants signed an informed consent. The nuclear family is of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry, ...

(WNDU) - Cardiomyopathy, or DCM, is an enlargement of the heart, leading to heart failure. Genetics has been proven to play a huge role, according to a new MedStar study led by a doctor who strongly ...

A potentially life-changing heart condition, dilated cardiomyopathy, can be caused by the cumulative influence of hundreds or thousands of genes and not just by a single "aberrant" genetic variant, as ...

The term “cardiomyopathy” refers to “cardio” (heart), “myo” (muscle), “pathy” (disease of). A dilated cardiomyopathy results in left ventricular chamber enlargement, systolic dysfunction and clinical ...

January 11, 2011 (Houston, Texas) — In a twist on the complicated relationship between heart failure and blood pressure, a literature review of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) studies found ...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Oct. 28, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MyoKardia, Inc. (Nasdaq: MYOK), today announced positive interim data from the company’s Phase 2a clinical trial of MYK-491 and will ...