Just when you thought you understood blood pressure targets, they pulled the rug. Also cardiovascular disease goes global, diabetes mellitus is taking precedence, and the uninsured are left out.

Occupational radiation exposure in fluoroscopy-guided procedures is highest among medical staff, particularly cardiologists involved in interventional procedures.

WebMD's guide to the diagnosis and treatment of heart failure.

Patients with vasovagal syncope (simple fainting spells) or long QT syndrome often receive the mistaken diagnosis of seizure disorder, or epilepsy.

Read about the use of electrocardiograms (EKGs or ECGs) and specialized ECGs in diagnosing heart disease.

Patients with Implanted Defibrillators Should Have Older-Style Pacemaker

Knowing how to control cholesterol with natural foods and supplements is of vital importance if you do not want to go down the route of using statin medications to help control your cholesterol level. If you do start using statins, then chances are...

Learn more from WebMD about stress tests and how they're used to diagnose heart disease.

Is home the heart of tomorrow's cardiac rehabilitation?

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There's increasing demand for cardiac sedation but wide geographical variation in its use. . .

Controlling our cholesterol comes down to several factors. The primary factor is the food we eat. By adjusting our diet to contain less saturated fats, and consuming more foods containing omega 3 fatty acids, we take pressure off our heart and insure a longer life.

Guideline adherence issues for lipid lowering therapy are brought to light, but will this help to improve the problem?

Pop star Michael Jackson, 50, has reportedly been taken to UCLA Medical Center after suffering a cardiac arrest.

Recent studies of the appropriateness of the use of coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in New York State showed low rates of inappropriate use of these procedures.

High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, or HDL cholesterol, is known as the "good cholesterol," because of its ability to clear the arteries of "bad cholesterol," or low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, or LDL. To prevent heart disease, doctors instruct patients to lower levels of LDL...

How should recent data suggesting drug-eluting stents are associated with very late stent thrombosis and increased noncardiac death be interpreted?

Recently the American Heart Association issued new guidelines for performing CPR. The main change is in the use of chest compression, or hands only CPR. It is important the the person performing CPR knows when to and not to use these new techniques.

Cardiac enzymes (troponin T, CK and CKMB) were measured to determine which stenting approach causes less vessel trauma.

Could atherosclerosis be clogging your arteries? Find out what’s happening in this peek into your body's highway system.