Mild cognitive deficits seen after heart surgery
Children who undergo surgery to correct congenital heart defects may experience mild learning difficulties when they enter elementary…
Pollution-cholesterol link to heart disease seen
Strengthening the link between air pollution and cardiovascular disease, new research suggests that people with high cholesterol are…
Diet and regular soft drinks linked to increase in risk factors for heart disease
Drinking more than one soft drink daily — whether it’s regular or diet — may be associated with…
Brief Overview of Heart Failure
Heart failure is a varied clinical syndrome with a complex pathophysiology that is still being defined. These features…
UK scientists lift lid on genetics of coronary artery disease
Scientists have moved a step closer to understanding how our genetic make-up can lead us to develop heart…
Incidence, Mortality, and Racial Differences in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
There are no large population-based studies on the incidence and prognosis of peripartum cardiomyopathy (PC). Between 1996 and…
The healthy heart guide
Heart disease is the biggest killer of men and women in the West, accounting for more than 25…
Britons’ risk of heart disease overstated
The number of Britons at risk of heart disease may be overstated by 1.5 million, suggesting many could…
New Heart Disease Risk Score Will Help Minimise Health Inequalities
A new score for predicting the risk of heart disease gives a more accurate measure of how many…
A statin soon after a heart attack beneficial
Treatment with a statin drug after a person is hospitalized with a heart attack can reduce long-term mortality…
Blood Protein Offers Clues to Heart Attack in Healthy People
We’ve all wondered how a seemingly healthy person can actually be at high risk for heart disease…
Explaining the Decrease in U.S. Deaths from Coronary Disease, 1980–2000
Mortality from coronary heart disease in the United States has decreased substantially in recent decades. We conducted a…
Reduced lung capacity linked to cardiovascular disease by inflammation
People who have a reduced lung capacity may have a greater risk of heart attack and stroke because…
Being heavy may be protective in heart disease
The “obesity paradox” lives on: In a look-back at a group of adults with suspected or known coronary…
It’s not too late to change—lowering cardiac risk later in life
Can adopting a healthier lifestyle later in life help—or is it too late? In a study published in…
Reduced Lung Capacity Linked to Cardiovascular Disease by Inflammation
People who have a reduced lung capacity may have a greater risk of heart attack and stroke because…
Antidepressants aid hospitalized heart patients
People who have hospitalized with a heart attack or severe angina—known by the umbrella term “acute coronary syndrome”—appear…
Gout linked to heart-related death risk
Men with gout are significantly more likely to die of a heart attack than men without gout, researchers…
Black patients less likely to receive certain coronary procedures following heart attack
A large study has found that black Medicare patients are less likely than white patients to receive blood…
Heart disease deaths fall, as obesity and diabetes increase, experts find
Epidemiologists at the University of Liverpool and the Heart of Mersey have found that approximately half the recent…
