Sudden heart failure and cardiac death are random and unpredictable. However, research and international cardiology guidelines continue to clarify those with the highest risk. Some of the major ...

Catherine O'Hara's heart and organs were a mirror image of most people's. Though that is rare, congenital heart defects are fairly common.

Dilated cardiomyopathy is one of the main causes of heart failure in young people and the leading cause of heart transplantation worldwide Dilated cardiomyopathy is one of the leading causes of heart ...

Campaigners want young people to be checked for conditions associated with sudden cardiac death.

The sudden death of singer Prasant Tamang at 43 has renewed concern about rising cardiac risk under 50. Cardiologists warn heart disease now affects people in their 30s and 40s due to stress and ...

A major cardiovascular risk factor is thickening of the heart walls (hypertrophy), which can result from high blood pressure—but is also linked to inherited diseases of the heart which can lead to ...

February’s Heart Health Month serves as an important reminder that heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the ...

Caring for your heart, and responding if someone else’s heart suddenly stops, can help protect your independence and the people you love.

Deaths have fallen, but cardiovascular disease still leads U.S. mortality, with daily habits playing a key role in risk.

The therapeutic efficacy of the cardiac glycoside digitoxin in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction is not established. In this international, double-blind, placebo-controlled ...