Abstract: The first step for automatic calculation of the ejection fraction, stroke volume and some other features related to heart motion abnormalities in echocardiographic images is automatic ...

The heart’s mechanical state feeds back to its electrical activity, potentially contributing to arrhythmias. Mechano-arrhythmogenesis has been mechanistically explained during electrical diastole, ...

Once you know the symptoms of a stroke, identifying them isn't difficult . And understanding how to respond to a stroke could save someone's life—even yours. Beyond that, learning about stroke can ...

Heart disease is the number one cause of death for women in the U.S., but women with cardiovascular risk factors often don’t get the treatment they need until it’s too late. In response to emailed ...

Heart sounds are the noises made as blood moves through the heart with each heartbeat. When the heart valves close, they make a distinct lubb-dupp sound. Healthcare providers listen to the heart's ...

Virtual women’s heart health company Systole raised a $2 million pre-seed round, led by Benchstrength. January Ventures, J Ventures and Tom X. Lee, founder of One Medical, also contributed to the ...

Summary: Synchronizing vagus nerve stimulation with natural body rhythms, such as the heartbeat and breathing, significantly improves its effectiveness. This “electric pill” technique uses ear-mounted ...

Royalty-free licenses let you pay once to use copyrighted images and video clips in personal and commercial projects on an ongoing basis without requiring additional payments each time you use that ...

This is a binocular rivalry study that uses ECG to present visual stimuli pulsing in line with cardiac events, to examine whether systole-entrained stimuli (i.e. presented during the period where the ...

Murmurs are often unexpectedly found during auscultation, which means listening to sounds in your body, often with a stethoscope, a key part of examining the heart (1, 2). Irregular heart sounds can ...