The heart is a vital organ that is increasingly the subject of disease resulting from increasing longevity and poor diet. This article gives an overview of how the heart works and the pressures of modern life that lead to its vulnerability.

Dr. Henry Black talks with Dr. Graham MacGregor about the successful program to reduce salt intake in the United Kingdom.

Early discharge following PCI may offer significant advantages to patient and practitioner, but risk factors for very early major adverse clinical events following PCI are not well characterized.

Should fractional flow reserve be performed to guide the PCI strategy?

It appears to be safe for people with pacemakers and ICDs to go through the full body scanners at airport security - but just try getting someone in a position of authority to say so.

WebMD explains carotid artery disease, including the symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis and treatment.

Complementary and alternative therapies for cholesterol lowering are plentiful and easy to access, but do they work as well as statins?

The complex antiplatelet therapy landscape makes it difficult to identify the optimal aspirin dose for minimizing risk, while complying with the clinical guidelines.

The AHA's latest statement on obesity

Aortic dissection has one of the highest mortality rates of the cardiovascular diseases, and the complexities of management remain a challenge.

What can we glean from the largest study on sudden cardiac death -- in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy who are treated with alcohol septal ablation?

Angina, a coronary heart disease symptom, is a kind of pain in the chest. It is caused by decreased blood flow to the muscle of the heart, which deprives the heart its optimum flow of oxygen.

Many organizations use the Microsoft Exchange Server software to manage their workers' email, calendar and contact data. Exchange Server 2010 includes an auto discovery feature that lets users access their email accounts in the Microsoft Outlook program just by entering an email address and Exchange

BackgroundAccording to the University of Virginia, "Cigarette smokers are two to four times more likely to develop coronary heart disease (CHD) than nonsmokers." Thus, tobacco has a significant effect on the heart's health and is detrimental to an individual's overall health. As heart...

Treating the chest pain caused by heart disease with chelation therapy -- a popular alternative medicine therapy that claims to remove supposedly harmful metals from the blood -- is no better than treating it with sugar pills.

Learn more about agreement between randomized trial outcome assessment by committee vs outcomes entirely identified through public registers.

Research can't prove cause-and-effect, but does suggest a link

Left ventricular function assessment is vital for patients with acute myocardial infarction, but does real-time 3-dimensional echocardiography provide an accurate and reliable technique?

Eating the right level of dietary fiber daily will lower cholesterol levels. Here's how you do it...

Learn more about agreement between randomized trial outcome assessment by committee vs outcomes entirely identified through public registers.