Cells in the heart and brain communicate via electric signals that travel from cell to cell as “excitation waves.” The presence of, say, scars in the heart can slow down a part of the wave, which can ...

Certain groups of people may have twice the risk of dying from a heart attack during heat waves and high levels of fine particulate pollution, according to a new study published in Circulation, the ...

When temperatures soar, so do heart attacks. Now, a lab experiment explains just how temperatures climbing into Fahrenheit’s three-digits can cause ischemia and potential heart attacks, all while ...

Vanderbilt University researchers believe a slow electrochemical wave, known as a damped wave, may be one of the reasons that low-voltage defibrillation shocks fail to halt fibrillation in cardiac ...

Martha Gabriel knows the effects of sweltering heat. For the last five years, Gabriel has been picking sweet potatoes, beans and tomatoes under the blazing South Florida sun. One scorching summer day ...

The massive rogue wave that crashed over beachside spectators in Ventura on Thursday, sending eight to the hospital with moderate injuries, is known as a "sneaker wave," officials said. The powerful ...

Heart cells form a dense, well-coupled excitable medium that displays macroscopic propagating waves of activity with characteristic space scales that are orders of magnitude larger than the cells ...

A novel method of applying high-dose ultrasound, or shock-wave therapy, prior to administration of bone marrow stem cells in patients with postinfarction heart failure improves left ventricular ...

Certain groups of people may have twice the risk of dying from a heart attack during heat waves and high levels of fine particulate pollution, according to a new study published in Circulation, the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Vanderbilt University researchers believe a slow electrochemical wave, known as a damped wave, may be one of the reasons that low-voltage defibrillation shocks fail to halt ...