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The interventional cardiology team at the Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) used the world’s first drug eluting bioresorbable vascular scaffold to successfully treat…

Despite plenty of evidence that people with low levels of “good” cholesterol are more prone to heart attacks, a large new study suggests that the lacking lipid is not to…

Making changes in your lifestyle is a proven method for reducing your risk of heart disease. While there are no guarantees that a heart-healthy lifestyle will…

The first step in avoiding danger is being able to recognize it. That’s why it’s so crucial to know what habits or conditions might make you at risk for coronary…

St Jude Medical Inc has sent a letter to doctors advising them that its Riata leads that connect implanted defibrillators to the heart have a higher rate of insulation…

Findings on coronary CT angiography (CTA), a noninvasive test to assess the coronary arteries for blockages, show different risk scenarios for men and women, according to a study presented…

One out of every 10 people who get a stent inserted to open up blocked arteries ends up back in the hospital within 30 days, suggests a new…

A quick transfer from one hospital to another with more sophisticated facilities can be a lifesaver for heart attack patients - but quick transfers are a rarity in the U.S., researchers…

A University of Cambridge study, which set out to investigate DNA methylation in the human heart and the ‘missing link’ between our lifestyle and our health, has now…

When an elderly person’s chronic disease is impossible to cure, many doctors might assume that patient would chose to improve the quality of his or her remaining life rather…

In people with low blood levels of vitamin D, boosting them with supplements more than halved a person’s risk of dying from any cause compared to someone who remained…

Research published in the European Journal of Epidemiology by Costanzo S, Di Castelnuovo de Gaetano G et al has sought to separate the effects of…

The heart’s valves, which guarantee the unidirectional flow of blood from one chamber to another, are asymmetrical. For example, the two flaps of the heart’s mitral valve –  which regulates…

Drilling through concrete to create an opening may sound more like construction than medicine, but the approach is similar to what researchers at Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) are…

Health regulators are investigating a rare but potentially serious problem with a newer class of heart stents that causes the tiny tubular devices made of wire mesh to shrink,…

Betty Winesburg, 69, was helping serve coffee at church over Labor Day weekend when she started having pressure in her chest.

As the minutes ticked by, the pressure increased. She laid…

It was the Japanese who first identified the problem in the 1990s, showing that a sudden shock or emotional stress can cause the heart to begin behaving as though it’s…

Heart rate recovery at one minute after a six-minute walking distance (6MWD) test is highly predictive of clinical worsening and time to clinical worsening in patients with idiopathic…

More than one in five people with heart disease aren’t getting life-saving statin drugs despite guidelines saying they should, a new study shows.

Researchers looked at nearly 39,000 people who had…

For people who initially survive a heart attack, a significant cause of death in the next few days is cardiac rupture - literally, bursting of the…

A new analysis of half a million heart attack patients found that people with the warning signs of heart disease - such as high blood pressure and cholesterol -…

Among patients with sub-optimal low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) or high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) levels, use of the drug evacetrapib alone or in combination with statin medications was…

Maximum doses of Crestor™ (rosuvastatin) or Lipitor™ (atorvastatin) are similarly effective in reversing the buildup of cholesterol plaques in the coronary artery walls (atherosclerosis) after 24 months…

Delay in initiation of therapeutic hypothermia and delay in return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC), evidenced by a palpable pulse or a measurable blood pressure, were both associated with poor…

Cardiomyopathy is common among cardiac arrest survivors. The survival and neuroprotective benefits of therapeutic hypothermia is similar in patients with preexisting cardiomyopathy, compared with those patients without…