Thomas Kraut was told he was just fat until doctors discovered a massive tumor in his belly. Doctors were convinced that a Norwegian man was simply fat for 12 years — but his growing belly was ...

Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is an increase in the mass (weight) of the left ventricle, which is the heart's main pumping chamber. LVH develops either when the force or volume of blood within ...

Complexity of tumors revealed in 3D Maps of tumor 'neighborhoods' open door to future treatment strategies Date: October 30, 2024 Source: Washington University School of Medicine Summary: A new ...

Studying the evolution of cancer malignancy in space and time provides clues that are crucial for understanding how tumors develop, how they evade the immune system, and how they resist therapy ...

One in two people will develop cancer in their lifetime. In neither case will doctors be able to determine why, perhaps 15 years or more ago, a healthy cell transformed into a pre-cancer; or when that ...

WASHINGTON, DC—Orbital atherectomy offers no advantages in treating severely calcified lesions over conventional balloon angioplasty before DES implantation, according to new data from the randomized ...

The ECLIPSE trial failed to show that orbital atherectomy prior to DES implantation is superior to conventional PCI without atherectomy. Patients with calcified coronary lesions were randomized to ...

It must be remembered that metastatic tumors are more frequent than primary cardiac tumors. Up to 3% of patients with carcinoma have metastases identified in their heart at autopsy. Although there ...