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Pediatric surgeons are able to repair complex heart defects with a survival rate of greater than 90 percent, but that doesn’t necessarily mean a happy ending for these children and teens. Some may…

A 12-year-old Dutch boy – bedridden for three years because of an inherited cardiac arrhythmia syndrome – can now join his friends on the soccer field thanks to a discovery made…

The longer a person remains in poverty, the more likely he or she is to develop heart disease, a new study suggests.

Studies in developed countries have consistently shown that people…

“Broken heart syndrome” is still a mystery to many in the medical community, but new data from researchers at The Miriam Hospital may shed some…

Results of a Mayo Clinic study show that a simple, noninvasive finger sensor test is “highly predictive” of a major cardiac event, such as…

A study that included young patients with a recently recognized rare type of cardiomyopathy (a disorder of the heart muscle) linked to a genetic mutation finds that…

Offering yet more reason to get regular exercise, a new study shows that running and other aerobic activities improve nervous-system control of the heart in young men.

The study, of 149…

We are used to thinking of heart disease as a product of genetic factors or lifestyle choices, such as what we eat and how much we…

We are used to thinking of heart disease as a product of genetic factors or lifestyle choices, such as what we eat and how much we…

One minute, he’s a strapping 40-year-old with an enviable cholesterol level, working out on his treadmill.

The next, he’s dead.

That an abnormality in…

European cardiologists called on Friday for greater use of stents, in a move that could boost demand for the tiny scaffolds that are used to prop open clogged arteries.

The…

Millions more patients could benefit from taking statins, drugs typically used to prevent heart attacks and strokes, than current prescribing guidelines suggest, Johns Hopkins…

Exercise helps people recover after a heart attack but the benefits vanish when the workouts stop, Swiss researchers said on Monday.

Blood vessel function improved after four weeks of…

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…

Implantable defibrillators, which protect against deadly heart rhythms, may offer little benefit for older people who have other serious health problems at the time of heart failure, U.S. researchers…

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…

A study led by investigators at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) has demonstrated that a new immunohistochemical test is reliable in diagnosing a dangerous arrhythmic heart disease known…

A study led by investigators at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) has demonstrated that a new immunohistochemical test is reliable in diagnosing a dangerous arrhythmic heart disease known as arrhythmogenic…

A report in Circulation from the Framingham Heart Study, which compared acute myocardial infarction (AMI) incidence in 9824 men and women over four decades, has proposed an explanation for the apparent paradox…

Heart bypass surgery is more expensive for older women than it is for other patient groups, New York researchers report in the Annals of Surgery.

The results also indicate that…

The use of common and readily available screening tests—like the ankle brachial index (ABI)—along with traditional risk scoring systems—such as the Framingham Risk Score—has the potential to prevent devastating heart…

Women with suspected coronary artery disease who suffer from depression have significantly higher health care costs than those who are not depressed, according to findings from…

When Joyce Moss recently arrived at Loyola University Hospital with a life-threatening heart attack, it took just 42 minutes to perform an emergency balloon angioplasty.

The procedure…

New research out of Wake Forest University School of Medicine identifies the presence of cardiovascular risk factors as an indicator of how likely it is…

The new medical subspecialty of Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology will lead the way in providing technically advanced yet cost-effective care for patients with heart…