The proteins may also play a part in heart failure and abnormal heartbeat patterns known as arrhythmias. "In addition to providing a new understanding of what makes our hearts pump, these findings ...

Well, they should soon be able to do so – and the model will actually pump liquid, just like the patient's real heart pumps blood. Building upon previous research, an MIT/Harvard University team ...

Ann Grudziecke was recovering Friday night after receiving the device, which is a scaled-down model of the original pump designed by renowned heart surgeon Dr. Michael DeBakey. "The idea of having ...

Two processes help drive the disease: a weakened heart muscle that is less able to pump, and the death of heart ... of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College ...

The activity of SERCA2a, a crucial membrane protein located inside cardiac muscle cells (myocytes), is compromised in heart failure. SERCA2a acts as a calcium-ion pump, being responsible for the ...

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - St. Jude Medical Inc's new, smaller HeartMate 3 heart pumping assist device proved ... while the larger model must be placed below the diaphragm. And it appears to provide ...