The most common formulation of birth control pills has been linked to a doubling of relative risk of heart attack and stroke, ...

In patients with symptoms such as irregular heartbeats, dizziness, or fainting, or in individuals that physicians suspect may have atrial fibrillation, many days of ECGs may be required for diagnosis ...

"Later that day, I had a phone call to say that I had had a heart attack and that they were expecting me in A&E. I spent five ...

The human heart beats 80,000-120,000 times a day. Long-term ECGs record every heartbeat, and the recording is then ...

Blockages in coronary arteries cause sudden heart attacks, leading to heart muscle damage. In contrast, heart failure is a ...

Robin Eaton, a heart disease survivor, shares her story and what she wants others to know about heart disease.

A spontaneous coronary artery dissection, or SCAD, leads to bleeding inside the artery wall. A survivor shares her symptoms.

Innovative muscle patches derived from stem cells demonstrate efficacy in heart repair, improving function in primates and a human patient, with trials ahead.

An electrocardiogram (ECG) measures the electrical activity of the heartbeat. With each beat, an electrical impulse (or "wave") travels through the heart. Researchers designed an AI model ...

The test is noninvasive, using 10 electrodes attached to the body that transmit your heart's electrical activity to an ECG machine that creates the characteristic wave patterns. ECGs can be used to ...