The scalloped-shaped “Valentine's” heart is a ubiquitous icon in Western ... connected series of discursive essays, the book first outlines a timeline of evolving depictions of the heart ...

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

A new study has revealed that the shape of the heart is influenced in part by genetics and may help predict the risk of cardiovascular diseases.