It has long been thought that virus infections can cause cardiac arrhythmia. But why has not been understood. Ulrike Lisewski, Dr. Yu Shi, Michael Radke and Professor Michael Gotthardt of the…

Researchers have identified specific damages to the brain that may occur when heart attack victims are socially isolated from others.

The study in mice found that…

Thousands of patients with high blood pressure could benefit from changing their drug treatment regimen to reduce their risk of cardiac death.

The current U.S. hypertension treatment guidelines recommend…

Patient history and physical examination, traditionally the cornerstone diagnostic tool for medical care, may still be among the most accurate and cost-efficient methods to assess patients…

A newly discovered chemical pathway that helps protect heart tissue can be stimulated by two of 20 common beta-blockers, drugs that are prescribed to millions of patients who…

Mayo Clinic investigators have demonstrated that stem cells can be used to regenerate heart tissue to treat dilated cardiomyopathy, a congenital defect. Publication of the discovery was expedited by the…

Infectious heart disease is still a major killer in spite of improvements in health care, but the way the disease develops has changed so much since its discovery…

In the face of a growing obesity epidemic in the United States, researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have new study results that indicate that how…

Heart disease is the number one cause of death in Europe and early diagnosis is essential to save lives. Monitoring the heart’s rhythm and electrical activity in real time…

Last week the government in England closed its consultation on the effectiveness of vascular checks for high-risk individuals aged 40-74, to be rolled out in 2009-10, but will this strategy…

An international study, led by the University of Edinburgh, raises concerns that some patients may not be receiving the optimum medical treatment and follow-up care because…

An estimated 60,000 Americans are walking around with time bombs in their chests called thoracic aortic aneurysms.

At any time, their main chest artery could suddenly burst open, causing massive…

People who are both obese and have diabetes are highly likely to develop heart disease during their lifetime, a new study shows.

Researchers found that of more than 3,400 adults…

The eyes may carry important early clues to heart disease, signaling damage to tiny blood vessels long before symptoms start to show elsewhere, researchers reported on Tuesday.

People with…

Antiretroviral medications for HIV do not seem to increase the risk of cardiovascular events, suggest a pair of studies in the August issue of AIDS. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams…

Patients hospitalized for heart failure should continue to take a blood pressure drug known as a beta blocker, a team of US heart doctors report, because it is…

When it comes to risk for a heart attack, having excess fat around the heart may be worse than having a high body mass index or a…

Data from 260 hospitals across the United States has led to the creation of a new method for physicians to more accurately determine the severity of heart failure in…

Improving patient care by “personalizing” the practice of medicine often results from studying specific drugs and their impact of genetic biomarkers.

New research underway at GW by Travis O’Brien, PhD, looks at the drug…

A study out of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center demonstrates emergency room doctors are correctly identifying patients who are having a heart attack, even when laboratory…

Researchers have found the first evidence that smaller size at birth is associated with specific alterations in the functioning of the heart…

Survivors of cardiac arrest who received intensive care can expect long-term quality of life at reasonable expense to the health care system. Research published today in BioMed Central’s open access journal…

Dr Charles Worringham of Queensland University of Technology’s Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation said the unique ‘Cardiomobile’ monitoring system, developed by Gold Coast company Alive Technologies, was being…

On June 16, 2008, Barbara Ganschow of Palatine, IL, became the first person in the world to be successfully treated with a new device designed to…

Better treatments have improved survival in people with coronary heart disease, but the quality of those extra years may be less than ideal, according to research…