Being very overweight puts you at risk for heart disease even if you seem otherwise healthy—that is, even if you don’t have high blood pressure, high cholesterol or diabetes, says Johns Hopkins ...

BACKGROUND: Direct reprogramming of fibroblasts to cardiomyocytes is a potentially curative strategy for ischemic heart ...

The global burden of rheumatic heart disease continues to be significant although it is largely limited to poor and marginalized populations. In most endemic regions, affected patients present with ...

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 ...

A heart murmur considered to be innocent is frequently heard during the neonatal period. Braudo and Rowe reported a murmur in 60% of healthy newborn babies. 1 Although most murmurs are known to be ...

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.

Functional neurological disorder (FND) is a prevalent, disabling and costly condition at the neurology–psychiatry intersection. After being marginalised in the late 20th century, there has been ...

Switching Between Beta Blockers in Heart Failure Patients: Rationale and Practical Considerations William T. Abraham, MD Disclosures CHF. 2003;9 (5) ...

THE MAKING OF ME Edith Bowman: At 29, I was in a cycle of eat, sleep, rave - until I found a heart murmur The Scottish radio and television presenter shares the moments that shaped her, from ...