For some patients with atrial fibrillation (Afib, AF) and valvular heart disease (VHD), direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) appeared to offer better prevention of stroke and thromboembolic events ...

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, claiming approximately 700,000 lives each year.

Long-time volunteer at Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital in Geneva celebrates procedure that saved her heart as hospital ...

Women are often underdiagnosed and undertreated when it comes to heart disease, particularly conditions like aortic stenosis.

According to a new report by the Heart and Stroke Foundation, more people are living with congenital heart disease (CHD) as ...

Dr. Jeremy London, a cardiovascular surgeon who treats heart disease and survived a heart attack, reveals heart symptoms never to ignore.

For Heart Month, Lynne Currie, the Baptist Heart Valve Coordinator, explained what Mitral Valve Regurgitation is, and what ...

Heart sounds are one tool providers use to assess heart health. Learn about systolic, diastolic, and S1 to S4 heart sounds in ...

Dr Swetha Bakhru, senior consultant of paediatrics, Rainbow Children’s Heart Institute, said, “Around 10 per cent of the CHD ...

Editor: While more than 11 million Americans are living with heart valve disease at this very moment, leading to 25,000 deaths in the U.S. each year, an estimated 3 in ...