Background and objective Prior studies have suggested that patients with premature ventricular complexes (PVCs) may have an ...

The TEER procedure is highly recommended for patients who are considered high surgical risk due to pre-existing issues like hypertension, diabetes, obesity, advanced age, physical frailty, enlarged or ...

Left atrium: This upper chamber receives oxygenated blood from the lungs and ejects it through the mitral valve to the left ventricle. Left ventricle: This lower chamber receives oxygenated blood ...

THE most common sustained heart irregularity is atrial fibrillation (A-Fib), where the atria (upper chambers of the heart} ...

One such condition is mitral valve regurgitation, where the valve between the left atrium and ventricle does not close as it should. This causes some blood to leak backward, affecting the heart ...

On the heels of the first pulsed-field ablation device to win approval for atrial fibrillation ablation, a novel version of ...

Does digitoxin still have a place in heart failure treatment? Two new studies reevaluate the role of cardiology’s oldest drug.

Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a condition where the force of blood against your artery walls is ...

An ultrasensitive small-animal PET scanner can image the entire body of a rat with sub-second temporal resolution ...

Previous knowledge on melatonin use for pulmonary arterial hypertension has primarily been gathered from animal studies, with ...

Climbing the stairs to the top of the former John Hancock Center is a feat unto itself, but Laura Valentine​ did it just ...

A scientific statement has been published by the AHA regarding the relationship between alcohol use and cardiovascular disease.