Researchers have shown for the first time that human heart muscle cells can regrow after a heart attack. The finding ...

Cardiologists are struggling to figure out why a drug that should have prevented heart attacks didn’t work at all.

Some warning signs of heart disease in women can sometimes be overlooked. Knowing these early signs may help you to identify ...

The adult heart may be trying to repair itself after a heart attack—it just struggles to finish the job. For decades, the adult heart was treated as an organ with almost no ability to replace the ...

A major new study found plaque in some adults under 30, suggesting that protecting the heart may need to begin decades before ...

A septal myectomy is an open-heart operation that removes the portion of thickened heart muscle blocking blood flow. During the procedure, echocardiographic imaging helps surgeons identify where the ...

Though neither a physiologist nor a physician, William Shakespeare, a master observer, deftly noted the central roles of the ...

Doctors were hopeful the drug, which was being tested in a large clinical trial by Novartis, was going to be a powerful new tool to fight heart disease.

Fueled by ongoing increases in high blood pressure, obesity and other major risk factors, heart disease continues to kill more people in the U.S. than any other cause, according to the American Heart ...

The heart is a complex organ that pumps blood throughout the body. It sits in the chest, slightly left of center, behind the breastbone, and between the lungs. A heart that is not healthy does not ...

Although the relationship between caffeine and cardiovascular health is complex, the latest research indicates consuming up to 5 cups of caffeinated coffee per day (up to 400 mg of caffeine/day) is ...