Heart attacks are caused by the sudden occlusion of any of the 3 coronary arteries or their branches supplying blood to the heart muscle. These arteries are about 8 -10 cm long. A heart attack is best ...

When a critically ill baby with dextro-transposition of the great arteries (D-TGA) was transferred to Children's Hospital Los ...

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Bacteria normally found in the mouth could play a direct role in triggering a heart attack, a new study has found.

A new Mayo Clinic study finds that many heart attacks in people under 65—especially women—are caused by factors other than ...

A new Mayo Clinic study finds that many heart attacks in people under 65 - especially women - are caused by factors other ...

Brisk walking reduces the risk of coronary heart disease by up to 46%, according to a new meta-analysis involving more than 160,000 adults.

One night, Lindsay Shanks sat up from bed and felt a sharp pain. “It felt like someone stabbed me right between my shoulder ...

To neglect the non-atherosclerotic etiologies of acute myocardial infarction (MI) would be to mischaracterize the majority of cases in women 65 years and younger, according to one ...

By being aware of the warning signs and taking prompt action, Dr Tanmai Yermal Jain said, you can reduce the risk of severe cardiac damage.

Queensland teen Ava was taken to hospital after suffering immense chest pain, but was told she simply needed rest. Source: ACA Seventeen-year-old Ava thought she was heading to bed like any other ...

Layne Strookman, a 35 year-old wife, mother of three and nurse practitioner at Saint Luke's, had her first heart attack in ...