Some hearts are round, others more elongated, and as it turns out, these differences aren't just simple curiosities; they ...

A new, multinational study has revealed that the shape of the human heart, influenced by genetic factors, could serve as a valuable predictor for cardiovascular disease risk. Researchers from ...

Scientists are probing how a person's genes direct the shape of their heart, and how that might influence risk for heart ...

Scientists are probing how a person's genes direct the shape of their heart, and how that might influence risk for heart trouble The team delineated 11 different shape types for the heart's ...

British scientists say they're now discovering that the gene-directed shape of a person's heart might matter, too. “This study provides new information on how we think about heart disease risk ...