Heart Disease news
Optimism about heart risks may be a good thing
Men who believe they are at low risk of a heart attack may in fact live longer…
Rochester-Led Study Leads to Recommendation for Use of Heart Failure Treatment Nationwide
A new therapy that reduces the risk of mortality and heart failure in patients with mild cardiac disease…
Public defibrillators boost cardiac arrest survival
Wider dissemination of portable defibrillators in Japan’s schools, workplaces and other public venues has increased the number of…
Health Care Delivery Fixes Somewhat Helpful in Heart Disease
Research has shown that heart disease patients who make lifestyle improvements, take recommended medications and control risk factors…
Long-term safety of drug-coated stents questioned
New research shows more patients who got drug-coated stents right after suffering a heart attack later died from…
Women more likely to die after heart attack
When it comes to matters of the heart, women should be treated more like men.
A…
Impotence plus heart disease ups death risk: study
Men with heart disease who also complain of erectile dysfunction die sooner than other male heart patients,…
Imaging fat layer around heart can help predict disease
Imaging epicardial adipose tissue, or the layer of fat around the heart, can provide extra information compared with…
A New Beat in Heart Research
Sudden Cardiac Arrest syndrome (SCA) is poorly understood, but it’s a real danger for the otherwise young and…
New heart valve replacement technologies offer hope for high-risk patients
A significant number of people with heart disease will benefit from less invasive transcatheter heart valve replacements in…
Big hearts may mean trouble in cross-country skiers
Like many other top athletes, Harald Sjoelshagen, a 66-year-old Norwegian, has an enlarged heart. When doctors noticed it…
Does happiness make for a healthy heart?
People who are usually happy and enthusiastic are less likely to develop heart disease than those who tend…
Heart Conditions Can Threaten Pediatric Patients
While heart disease is traditionally associated with adults, pediatric patients face a number of cardiac conditions that can…
Gene tests fail to predict women’s heart risks
Gene tests that combined over 100 genetic mutations proved ineffective at predicting a woman’s risk of a heart…
Heart Failure Worse When Right Ventricle Goes Bad
New research from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) suggests that the ability of right side of…
Heart patients worry about health costs
The monthly mortgage payment is the heaviest expense facing the average U.S. family but for heart patient Frank…
C-reactive Protein: Not a Routine Test for Heart Disease
For women concerned about heart disease, routine testing of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) is controversial, says Thomas…
Study examines course and treatment of unexplained chest pain
Fewer than half of individuals who have “non-specific” chest pain (not explained by a well-known condition) experience relief…
Women with gout at greater risk of heart attack than men
Women with gout are at greater risk of a heart attack than men with the disease, indicates research…
Heart risk lower in Spanish men who drink
Drinking alcohol seems to protect the hearts of Spanish men, but not Spanish women, findings from a…
