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People who have endured the symptoms and risks of an irregular heartbeat for years can get long-lasting relief from a procedure that takes less than two hours, a definitive new…

There is growing evidence that what’s good for the heart is also a boon for the aging brain, according to a new research review.

In a survey of…

Therapy that involved bone marrow stem cells did not improve cardiac function in patients following a heart attack, according to a study in the…

Having an overactive thyroid gland is linked with an increased risk for atrial fibrillation (a type of abnormal heart rhythm), but neither an over- or under active thyroid…

According to researchers, infections - including those acquired in hospitals, could explain why women die more frequently than men after heart bypass surgery and the explanations for…

Researchers have developed a method to engineer blood vessels within the tissue of previously engineered heart muscle. Trials have resulted in significant improvement in heart function.

The study is published in…

For patients with undiagnosed heart disease, taking medications known as statins and beta-blockers may mean the difference between suffering a heart attack as a first symptom versus experiencing mild chest pain.

New…

To detect “silent” or new cardiac abnormalities, all patients hospitalized for stroke should receive continuous cardiac rhythm monitoring (telemetry) for at least the first 24 hours after the stroke is detected,…

“About 40 percent of the American public is considered to be at moderate risk for heart disease,” says Iftikhar Kullo, M.D., of Mayo Clinic, the lead author…

Ezetimibe plus simvastatin, a combination of two anti-cholesterol drugs marketed by Merck/Schering-Plough Pharmaceuticals as Vytorin, is no more damaging to muscles than simvastatin alone, a team at Rush University Medical Center…

New research is reinforcing the longstanding belief that a connection exists between periodontal disease, or severe gum inflammation, and cardiovascular disease.

But according to…

A new review of studies supports the government’s opinion that too little evidence exists to support a device that uses balloon-like pants as a treatment for heart…

People who have “prehypertension,” blood pressure levels just below the cut-off for a diagnosis of high blood pressure, have an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, according to a report in The American Journal…

Heart disease in all its forms is the biggest single health problem facing the European Union, costing the bloc’s 25 member countries a total of 169 billion euros in 2003, according…

For patients with undiagnosed heart disease, taking a statin or beta blocker could mean the difference between experiencing mild chest pain, or having a full-blown heart attack as…

Men who have survived a heart attack are at increased risk of bone loss and osteoporosis in later life, says Tulane University researcher Jeanette H. Magnus.

“We have long…

A Mayo Clinic research team used a simple, noninvasive tool (arterial tonometer) to discover an association between stiffness in arteries and the presence and amount of coronary artery calcium,…

Heart disease patients who eat one grapefruit daily can significantly reduce the levels of cholesterol in their blood in comparison to patients who do not eat the fruit, a new study…

The widely used erectile dysfunction drug Levitra is now the second drug in its class found to protect the heart against tissue damage following acute heart attack, according to a new…

Individuals who have abnormal findings on exercise stress testing are more likely to have lower than higher socioeconomic status, and these physiologic characteristics may help account…

According to Dutch researchers almost fifty percent of heart attacks are not recognised as such.

The authors, from the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at Erasmus Medical Centre in…

The patients involved in the heart ‘domino’ transplant involving the youngest living heart donor are progressing well in the recovery process and the heart donor – Jason Wolfe - has been…

Estrogen therapy does not appear to reduce the risk of heart attack or coronary death in healthy postmenopausal women, although some data suggest a lower coronary heart…

Women with heart attack symptoms take far longer to get to the hospital than men do, according to a study in Ireland.

Men, meanwhile, are more likely than…

The rate of heart failure in the US among older adults increased from the 1970s to the 1990s, but survival rates have improved, new research shows. Both of these trends were…