A tiny patch placed on the outside of the heart may someday help it heal itself after a heart attack, instead of slowly ...

The epicardium encapsulates the heart and functions as a source of multipotent progenitor cells and paracrine factors essential for cardiac development and repair. Injury of the adult heart results in ...

On a cold December morning, a 28-year-old student was rescued after he had fallen into a nearly frozen river. He was admitted to the emergency department with severe hypothermia [28.5°C/83°F]. The ...

1 Division of Paediatric Cardiology, Grantham Hospital, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China 2 Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Grantham Hospital, The University of ...