Researchers have significantly expanded the understanding of the genetic causes of atrial fibrillation (AF), a common heart ...

Inter-atrial shunt device therapy has shown mixed results in clinical trials, with clinical 'non-responders' typically showing features of more advanced heart failure. We aimed to analyse the ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, also known as HCM or thick heart syndrome, is a genetic condition that causes your heart muscle ...

Mitral valve disease is a condition that affects the mitral valve, causing blood to leak backward or flow too slowly, and can ...

Evidence is stacking up about the influence of cannabinoids on cardiovascular disease, and newer, synthetic options are ...

Enloe Health has begun the use of a new heart procedure that can help change the lives of atrial fibrillation patients ...

Jessica Eastes was a cardiac nurse when she learned she was in heart failure and would need a transplant to survive.

Within three weeks of her surprise diagnosis, the little girl was in a hospital operating room undergoing open-chest heart ...

New research suggests that changes in alcohol consumption significantly impact cholesterol levels, raising questions about ...

A new study from the University of Bath has found that for older adults with atrial fibrillation (AF), stopping blood ...

Seeing a loved one pass out with their eyes rolled back is a terrifying thing to experience. That minute or two you li ...

A Concord Hospital employee is running the Boston Marathon to honor a coworker who survived a stroke and to support stroke ...