A diagnosis of stress-induced cardiomyopathy is also known as takotsubo cardiomyopathy and broken heart syndrome. It means the heart has been weakened by an acute period of emotional or physical ...

When we think of heart disease, we tend to think of the big symptoms like chest pain, a heart attack or a stroke but our ...

This article was medically reviewed by Raj Dasgupta, M.D., an associate professor of clinical medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and member of the Prevention Medical Review Board, on ...

Don't just wait for symptoms. Take care of your heart -- before you have a scare. "Waiting for the symptoms sometimes can be treacherous," says Dr. Clyde Yancy, chief of cardiology at Northwestern ...

Chest pain isn’t always a heart attack. Doctors say it can also come from muscle strain, anxiety, acid reflux, lung issues, ...

Internal medicine and rheumatology specialist Siobhan Deshauer, MD, looks at the signs of heart disease you can see.

For people with stable chest pain, a personalized "precision" testing approach led to more efficient evaluations for heart disease risk and improved diagnosis and treatment of coronary artery disease ...

A clinical trial of more than 1,000 patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) found that the drug ranolazine (commonly used to treat chest pain; brand name Ranexa®) was safe but ...

Many health conditions can cause chest pain. Healthcare professionals may use the term nonanginal chest pain to refer to chest pain in people without heart disease. Chest pain accounts for more than 6 ...

February is American Heart Month – when cardiovascular disease, the No. 1 killer of women, gets its moment in the spotlight. Every year when this month comes around, as co-founders of a women’s heart ...

As families across Mesa County celebrate the holidays during the pandemic, health officials want to remind folks that there are other diseases to be mindful of this time of year. Research has shown ...