Dressler’s syndrome is a rare but treatable type of inflammation in the sac surrounding the heart. It develops shortly after a heart injury, such as a heart attack, and may return after treatment. The ...

African scientists have developed a nanoscale drug delivery system to treat pericarditis, a drug-resistant and lethal ...

Myopericarditis is a term that describes two distinct heart conditions that occur simultaneously, and are usually the result of a viral infection. One condition involves the pericardium, the thin, but ...

Objectives: Compared to non-Hispanic Whites, African American men have less intra-abdominal visceral adipose tissue (VAT) relative to total fat mass despite having a higher risk of obesity-related ...

The promising results obtained in a clinical trial with a pioneering advanced therapy drug named PeriCord, which aims to repair the heart of patients who have suffered a heart attack, confirm the ...