A study led by scientists at King's has revealed how the physical orientation of the heart inside the chest dramatically ...

Heart murmurs are extra sounds that accompany a heartbeat These are usually harmless or innocent or abnormal Here’s how to ...

If the obstruction is severe, there may be reversed splitting of the second heart sound. In midventricular obstruction, there is at times a very distinctive long mitral diastolic murmur, caused by the ...

Diagnosing hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, an inherited heart condition, is usually done via an echocardiogram, but other tests may be done to confirm a diagnosis.

The ECG-LM model has the potential to democratize access to advanced heart disease diagnostics, particularly in underserved regions where access to specialized medical professionals is limited.

Adds Wharton:“ [An echo] is superb not just for assessing the anatomy, but also assessing the changes in the pressures within the heart chambers.” Think of an echo as an ultrasound of your heart.

Maple’s owners noticed a problem. Their 9-year-old Chihuahua started to have a dry, hacking cough three to four times a day, mainly in the morning. After coughing for 5 to ...

Pulmonary stenosis is a birth defect of the heart (congenital). It can happen when the pulmonary valve doesn’t develop as it should during the first 8 weeks of pregnancy. The pulmonary valve connects ...

Researchers have developed a machine learning algorithm to accurately detect heart murmurs in dogs, one of the main indicators of cardiac disease, which affects a large proportion of some smaller ...

Mitral valve prolapse is a condition in which blood leaks backward through the mitral valve in the heart. This backflow of blood may result in a heart murmur.