Procedure Reduces Postop AF After Cardiac Surgery: PALACS
New randomized data suggest that posterior left pericardiotomy during surgery in patients undergoing coronary, aortic valve, and aortic surgical procedures
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‘Broken heart’ syndrome is on the rise in women
The study, published in the Journal of the American Heart Association (JAHA), suggests middle-aged and older women are being diagnosed
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Heart attack survivors using a smartphone app experienced lower hospital readmission rates
Data collected from a group of 200 heart attack survivors using a smartphone app designed to navigate the recovery process,
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Women with heart problems are treated differently than men
Women with some cardiac conditions receive less evidence-based treatment than their male counterparts, research published today by the Medical Journal
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‘Leaky’ heart valves in pregnant women need more attention than once thought, study suggests
An analysis of more than 20,000 individual medical records suggests that a form of heart valve disease thought to be
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Heart Defects in Fetuses
Heart defects occur in about one percent of babies and are called congenital heart defects (CHDs). Approximately half are mild,
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Spotting and hearing heart attacks before they strike
If heart attacks blared a warning signal, patients would have a better chance of avoiding them. That’s the idea behind
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Three genes determine heart cell growth
Heart disease has long been the leading cause of death globally. One reason is that the heart has poor regenerative
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Heart problems in kids with MIS-C resolve rapidly, study shows
Heart problems in children hospitalized with multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C)–an inflammatory condition triggered by COVID–were mostly gone within a few
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Genes hold key to heart disease prevalence in Africa
The clue to the risk of Africans developing rheumatic heart disease could be in the genes, paving the way for
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