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Cardiovascular screening may be worthwhile for middle-aged athletes

Cardiovascular screenings are a cost-effective way to identify middle-aged athletes who may risk heart attacks or strokes by participating in high-intensity sports, a new study suggests.

Fewer women know heart attack risks or get ideal treatments

Young women may be less aware than men of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and less likely to receive procedures needed after the deadliest type of heart attack, two U.S. studies suggest.

Hospitals Are Giving Faster Heart Care, Study Says

In a spectacular turnabout, hospitals are treating almost all major heart attack patients within the recommended 90 minutes of arrival, a new study finds. Just five years ago, less than half of them got their clogged arteries opened that fast

Patients seeking alternatives to statins may undergo rigorous vetting

A powerful new class of drugs promises to change the management of heart disease for high-risk patients who struggle to get their cholesterol levels under control—a group that numbers in the millions.

Half of heart disease deaths due to preventable factors

In the U.S., preventable risk factors still account for 50 percent of deaths from cardiovascular disease among adults age 45 to 79, according to a new analysis

Experimental cholesterol drugs cut heart risk, but questions remain

Studies of a new class of experimental cholesterol-lowering drugs signal that they can reduce by half the risk of heart attack and other major cardiovascular problems compared to standard treatment alone.

Carmat fits 2nd patient with artificial heart

French company Carmat confirmed on Monday that it had fitted a second patient with one of its artificial hearts and would continue its clinical trials on two more patients.

Heart chip beats toward better drug screening, personalized medicine

Bioengineers in California have developed a system that allows human heart cells to function outside the body, a development that could potentially prove a powerful tool

Shingles dramatically increases heart disease, stroke risk

If you've had shingles before the age of 40, you could be at an increased risk for heart disease and stroke.

Skipping blood pressure pills may raise heart failure risk

Patients who frequently fail to take prescribed blood pressure-lowering medications may be more likely to wind up hospitalized for heart failure than people who only miss pills occasionally, an Italian study suggests.