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Heart failure patient and clinician risk perceptions differ drastically

Physicians identified a majority of patients with advanced heart failure as at high risk for transpl...

Social inequality may impact adult cardiovascular risk before birth

Children from socially and economically disadvantaged families and neighborhoods appear more likely ...

Shingles associated with stroke and heart attack

Contracting shingles, a reactivation of the chickenpox virus, increases a person’s risk of strok...

Physical activity may be more important than BMI for cardiovascular disease risk

The benefits of physical activity may outweigh the impact of overweight and obesity on cardiovascula...

Intensive blood pressure control could prevent 100,000 deaths each year

Researchers have projected that aggressively lowering blood pressure could help prevent more than 10...

Plethysmography test predicts risk for cardiovascular disease

A new test that predicts an individual's risk for developing cardiovascular disease has been launche...

Blood troponin level could predict silent heart disease risk

A high-sensitivity blood test could be used to predict which patients are at risk of a heart attack ...