Broad screening efforts to identify rheumatic heart disease (RHD) using echocardiography among schoolchildren can enable prompt care, randomized trial data from Nepal suggest. The clinical need is ...

There are limits in applying AI to images of the heart, according to a new study from the Smidt Heart Institute at ...

A cardiac surgeon shares important health tests like ECG, ECHO, and CT Angio to detect heart problems early, reducing the ...

Recently I provided an overview of my experience with the coronary calcium scan, a comfortable, non-invasive, and inexpensive test that allows docs to see inside heart arteries. The test determines ...

AI-powered heart sensor data from an Apple Watch accurately detected heart problems like weakened pumping ability and damaged ...

SOUTH BEND — We now know what caused a New Prairie High School student's death last month. An autopsy shows 17-year-old Mark Mayfield died from a heart attack. Mayfield was found in a school hallway ...

Purpose: The incidence of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome is approximately 1 in 5,000 births, and accounts for 5–30% of all heart defects, making it one of the more common genetic conditions in the ...

AI-generated audio summary; not verified by the edit team. Cardiovascular diseases remain a leading global health threat, often progressing silently. Dr. Dmitry Yaranov recommends specialized heart ...

In a landmark medical clash pitting the diagnostic merits of fancy tech versus vintage exercise machines, the new toys and old ways finished in a dead heat, cardiologists reported Saturday. The first ...

If you have bigeminy (bi-JEM-uh-nee), your heart doesn't beat in a normal pattern. After every routine beat, you have a beat that comes too early, or what's known as a premature ventricular ...