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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…

Following an acute coronary syndrome such as a heart attack or unstable angina, patients who receive a medication to reduce the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding that…

African American patients fare worse following a heart attack than do Caucasian patients, and it’s not for any genetic reason or because of any great differences in treatment, new research indicates.

Excessive daytime sleepiness is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular-related mortality as well as mortality from other causes in elderly individuals, French researchers report.

“Complaints of excessive daytime sleepiness…

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have unlocked the mystery of a puzzling human disease and gained insight into cardiovascular development, all thanks to a big-hearted…

Long-haul flights can be risky for people with certain types of heart and lung conditions, as well as anyone who has had surgery recently, investigators warn.

“The environmental and physiologic…

An examination of clinical practice guidelines for treating cardiovascular disease finds that current recommendations are largely based on lower levels of evidence or expert opinion,…

Bouts of anger can create electrical changes in the heart that may be dangerous to some heart disease patients, a study published Monday suggests.

The study, of 62 patients with…

Patients with chronic heart failure are four times as likely as healthy individuals to have impaired thinking or “cognitive” abilities, according to a report in the Journal of Cardiac Failure.

Studies…

Five short reports published simultaneously by the journal Nature Genetics have for the first time identified clusters of genetic markers associated with heart attack…

Genetic suppression protects from chronic cardiac insufficiency in animal tests / Heidelberg cardiologists publish findings in “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences”

An enzyme makes the mouse heart prone to chronic cardiac…

Researchers at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease (GICD) and the University of California, San Francisco have unraveled a complex signaling process that reveals how different types of…

Outcomes following commonly performed heart procedures appear to have improved since the mid-1990s, researchers report based on data they analyzed.

The data also show that survival after heart bypass surgery…

A mutual epidemiological relationship between aggressive periodontitis and myocardial infarction has already been shown in the past. Scientists at the universities of Kiel, Dresden, Amsterdam and Bonn have now…

Obese people who drink fructose-sweetened beverages with their meals have an increased rise of triglycerides following the meal, according to new research from the Monell Center.

“Increased triglycerides after…

Researchers at University College London and St George’s, University of London measured recent exposure to tobacco smoke in non-smoking middle-aged men taking part in the British Regional…

We’re all pretty familiar with the lifestyle changes required after a heart attack. Exercise more. Eat better. Manage stress. Take your meds. But there’s another topic that’s…

Heart disease and stroke are the leading causes of death in people with diabetes, yet many people are unaware there is a connection. If you or a loved one has diabetes it…

Millions of people take a multivitamin in the hopes of averting disease, but the supplements seem to offer no defense against cancer or heart disease, researchers reported Monday.

In a…

The largest study ever completed of genetic factors associated with heart attacks has identified nine genetic regions – three not previously described – that appear to increase…

While Focusing on Heart Disease Interventions, Researchers Discover New Tactic Against Fatal Muscular Dystrophy

Based on a striking similarity between heart disease and Duchenne…