February 27, 2015
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The implantable device is designed to correct the irregularity in contractions of the heart’s ventricles that sometimes occurs in people with heart failure.
There are many tests for heart disease, the leading cause of death in the United States, and some of them are costly and potentially risky.
A new study has found that sudden cardiac death strikes one of every 43,770 N.C.A.A. athletes each year, and the risk is much greater for black athletes and Division I basketball players.
Preventive EKGs for athletes are cost-effective, a study has suggested, but a screening program in the United States would be controversial.
Ira’s story is a classic example of invasive cardiology run amok.
Women arriving at hospitals with ST-elevation heart attacks die more often than male patients, according to a new study, yet care overall seems to be improving.
The exercise stress test has no value unless its findings are interpreted in the context of a person’s other risk factors for heart disease.
While triathlon deaths remain rare, a puzzling resemblance is beginning to present itself: all recorded deaths in the last two years have happened during the swim portion of the event.
Doctors reported Saturday that Vice President Dick Cheney’s heartbeat was normal for a 67-year-old man who has a history of heart problems.
Thinking of Tim Russert helped me realize I was having a heart attack in time to get help.
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