Heart

Sections of the heart
Mitral valve

nanotech
http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=21411.php?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4dd87fad26d2f5e1%2C0

Problems of the heart
Heart valve problems such as blockage or hardening.

Circulatory problems

Blood clots

Myocardium

Atria

Ventricles

Heart rhythm disorders

e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atrial_fibrillation

Heart attacks
A novel signaling pathway plays a significant role in the production of aldosterone, a hormone that promotes heart failure after a myocardial infarction, according to a study conducted by Thomas Jefferson University researchers.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090316173419.htm

UM Researcher Releases Findings on Stem-Cell Based Treatment for Heart Attacks http://www.med.miami.edu/isci/research.html

Heart Disease
Heart disease is largely about soft tissue calcification.

http://hyper.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/47/6/1027

http://www.vitamink2.org/presentation.html

It is also caused by bacteria: http://bacteriality.com/2008/01/26/cad/

One of Dukes posts on heart disease: http://www.imminst.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=34767&hl=

Refined carbohydrates are bad for your heart.

It is also about cholesterol. "Researchers identify compound (cholesterol-binding agent known as CYCLO into) that frees trapped cholesterol (in mice)" http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-01/usmc-usr012309.php

For the last 150 years, science has been considering an issue which could save many lives today: is it possible to make a damaged heart regenerate itself? Many researchers have tried in vain to meet this challenge - cell biologist, Felix Engel, has managed: for his achievements in the field of heart cell regeneration he has been granted the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation's Sofja Kovalevskaja Award.

http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/2705.html

Endocarditis is an inflammation of the inner layer of the heart, the endocardium. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endocarditis

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000681.htm

Also a good website is http://www.trackyourplaque.com

Endocrine functions of the heart
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endocrine_system#Heart

Imaging of the heart
Cardiac Imaging Breakthrough Developed

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100916101900.htm

Connections to other body systems
Circulatory system

The heart pumps blood to various parts of the body through arteries and veins.

Nervous system

The Vagus nerve has many branches that wander around the heart and can also influence the heart rate

Integumentary system

The heart supplies blood (and therefore nutrients, vitamins, oxygen, etc) to the skin to keep it healthy and vibrant

Skeletal system

The bones supply the red blood cells through hemopoeisis. The heart then pumps blood back to all the bones of the body to keep them healthy.

Muscular system

The muscular system helps the blood to circulate. Use of the muscles squeezes the veins and arteries helping to push the blood through the body. The heart itself is mostly muscle tissue. The heart also pumps blood to all the muscles to keep them healthy.

Endocrine system

The heart pumps the blood which carries the hormones produced by the endocrine glands to the rest of the body

Lymphatic system

The heart is instrumental in the bodies immune system

Respiratory system

The Heart pumps the blood to the lungs where oxygen is obtained and carbon dioxide is given up. It then pumps the oxygenated blood to every part of the body.

Digestive system

The blood gets the nutrients from the digested food, and carries to all the cells of the body.

Urinary system

Filters waste products from the blood

Reproductive system

The blood is instrumental in carrying hormones, making sex organs work, development of fetus, etc.

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