In recent years, many approaches have been proposed for automated heart sound analysis. However, most of these algorithms separate the two steps required for an accurate detection of abnormal cardiac ...

A heart murmur is, as the name suggests, a sound that occurs during a heartbeat, caused by rapid, turbulent blood flow ...

AIM To define the origin and the natural history of innocent heart murmurs in newborn infants. METHODS Fifty healthy babies born at term with the clinical diagnosis of an innocent heart murmur and 50 ...

Hematoma expansion is associated with worse ICH outcome. There is now a range of neuroimaging markers that, along with clinical markers such as time since stroke onset and use of antithrombotic agents ...

Breathing polluted air—even at levels considered “safe”—may quietly damage your heart. A new study using advanced MRI scans found that people exposed to more air pollution showed early signs of ...

Heart attack deaths have decreased by 90% over 50 years, while other cardiovascular conditions like heart failure and arrhythmias are rising, according to a new American Heart Association study.

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the U.S., claiming one life every 33 seconds, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but the way it affects people is ...

Studies of the epidemiology of heart failure in the general population can inform assessments of disease burden, research, public health policy and health system care delivery. We performed a ...

Objective We aimed to provide the first national estimates of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training and awareness of cardiac arrest. Design A retrospective analysis of a national ...