Recent studies have proven Abbott’s wireless pulmonary artery (PA) sensor CardioMEMS HF System to be successful in reducing heart failure hospitalizations and dramatically lowering medical costs, but a study published in the Journal of the…

Triathlons could be risky for athletes with heart disease, potentially leading to cardiac arrest or sudden death, according to a new Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation study.

The competitive, three-segment sport has grown…

Chronic diseases, including heart disease and diabetes, caused 72 percent of deaths worldwide in 2016, according to the recently released Global Burden of Disease study.

The study, published in The Lancet last week, found that…

The first clinical patient to undergo a new, less invasive treatment for heart failure has been discharged from University Hospital Zurich in Switzerland and is recovering well, according to a…

Sudden cardiac death is a significant contributor to mortality in women, regardless of presence of coronary artery disease (CAD), according to a six-year study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Lead…

Increased levels of aldosterone and plasma renin activity (PRA) are associated with greater risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and all-cause mortality among blacks in the U.S., according to a community-based study.

Each incremental,…

Donor hearts with left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) can be revived and transplanted as successfully as other hearts, according to…

Over the past quarter-century, the worldwide burden of rheumatic heart disease has declined although high rates of the illness persist in certain poor regions, including Oceania, South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, a new study finds.

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Men with early-stage prostate cancer who receive androgen deprivation therapy are at significantly higher risk for heart failure, according to a study published in the British Journal of Cancer.

After following a cohort of 7,637 men…

Plenty of research has shown the ill effects of a sedentary lifestyle. Similarly, plenty of research has shown sitting down at work can present health problems.

But a recent study from a team in Canada examined how prolonged standing at…

Funding for cardiac arrest (CA) research lags far behind other leading causes of death in the United States, according to research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Per annual death, National Institutes of…

A new clinical trial is underway to test a closed-chest procedure designed to treat patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy.

The trial's first patient has been implanted with the…

New research suggests greater use of early adolescent (EA) heart donors could save lives and reduce the gap between organ need and availability.

According to a new study, hearts from donors age 10-14 can be safely transplanted to…

Medication was effective in treating nearly 40 percent of heart failure patients experiencing functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), according to a new study in JACC: Heart Failure.

A research…

Amrut V. Ambardekar led a team of researchers who analyzed the vastly different perceptions of risk between advanced heart failure patients and physicians.

The study, which was published Aug. 16 in JACC: Heart Failure, is summarized…

Neither doctors nor patients are particularly accurate at assessing the risk of advanced heart failure (HF), according to new research. Physicians tend to overestimate the risk, while patients dramatically underestimate it.

For this reason…

According to some new research from the University of Pittsburgh, a physician could determine a woman’s risk for developing heart disease by their race and identifying where on their bodies they store fat.

The…

Depressed patients with coronary artery disease are twice as likely to die compared to heart patients without depression, according to new research.

The study, conducted by scientists at Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City, was led…

Physicians have long used cooling methods to help patients wake up after suffering a cardiac arrest, and researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark are exploring how to make the approach even more effective.

Past research has shown that…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is examining potential benefits from stem cell therapies for individuals with heart failure, though it has not approved any. Regardless, more than 500 businesses in the U.S. are marketing the benefits…

New research from Louisiana State University (LSU) in New Orleans could lead to a treatment that prevents long-term sensory problems that arise from brain damage that can occur in survivors of cardiac arrest.

The…