Although heart rate and blood pressure readings from breath-holding tests are usually reliably accurate, another vital ...

Cardiovascular disease is one of the main causes of death and disability in the UK, so it’s important to understand when a heart-related symptom is dangerous or not. An irregular heartbeat, or ...

Irregular heartbeat conditions affect millions of people worldwide, causing hearts to beat too fast, too slow, or with an uneven rhythm. These cardiac rhythm disturbances, medically known as ...

Too much alcohol causes damage to your heart, even if you are young and fit, say the authors of a new study that adds yet another reason to keep drinking to a minimum. Arrhythmia, or an irregular ...

LA JOLLA, Calif. (KGTV) — A doctor at the University of California San Diego created a new way for physiologists to identify the source of irregular heartbeats. Dr. David Krummen created vMap, a ...

For older people with irregular heart rhythms who are at high risk of stroke and bleeding, standard care (including the use of blood thinners when indicated) was found to be the better choice compared ...

Around half of patients hospitalized for atrial fibrillation, or an irregular heartbeat, do not receive medications to mitigate complications, according to study results presented at the American ...

Scientists are testing a magnet-guided gel that seals a tiny heart pouch linked to atrial fibrillation strokes in animals.