Just as saving for retirement starts early, so should protecting your heart. A new Northwestern Medicine study introduces a ...

Factors linked to heart problems, such as high blood pressure, diabetes and bad cholesterol levels, can start years, ...

A new Northwestern Medicine study introduces a first-of-its-kind online calculator that uses percentiles to help younger ...

Released in 2023, PREVENT is a tool estimating CVD, ASCVD, and heart failure risk over 10 or 30 years for adults as young as ...

To live is to have a heartbeat, which is why it makes sense for us living things to have a good understanding of our ticker.

In A Nutshell A giraffe’s heart burns 16% of its total resting energy just pumping blood upward to the brain, nearly double ...

Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA ECMO) for extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) can be used as an option to manage in-hospital and out-of-hospital refractory cardiac ...

Evidence-based recommendations on VA ECMO for extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (ECPR) in adults with refractory cardiac arrest. This involves using an artificial lung to oxygenate the ...

High output heart failure represents an uncommon type of heart failure that affects fewer than 1% of people seeking medical care for heart problems. Unlike typical heart failure where the heart pumps ...

About The Study: In this cross-sectional study, 1 in 10 patients hospitalized for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) had a concurrent acute cardiovascular event. Odds of cardiac events were ...