Recovering from a heart attack doesn't end when you leave the hospital. Healing continues for weeks—and sometimes months—as ...

A heart attack is usually associated with severe chest pain, sweating, and difficulty breathing. However, not every heart attack causes obvious symptoms. Some people experience what is known as a ...

Imagine you are alone at home or walking outside when you suddenly feel a strong pain in your chest. The pain may spread to ...

Coronary artery disease is one of the leading causes of heart attacks and deaths around the world. It develops when fatty ...

More than 300,000 people suffer a heart attack in Germany every year. The heart muscle is then no longer supplied with sufficient blood and oxygen, and part of the tissue dies and scars. Unlike the ...

Many heart attacks happen with very mild or unusual symptoms that people often ignore. These are known as silent heart ...

A new drug being trialed in heart attack patients could reprogram the immune system to prevent inflammation and heart damage following severe heart attacks, and promote repair. This could be a ...

Young women experiencing heart attacks are significantly more likely to be discharged without treatment than men highlighting ...

Heart disease is a leading cause of death across the globe. In the United States, someone suffers a heart attack every 40 seconds. Now, new research in mice suggests that after such an event, the ...

A groundbreaking new study, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, has found that medicines used to treat gout can also reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in people with gout. The new ...

A recent study has found that a blood test, called the apolipoprotein B (apoB) test, may be better at identifying people who ...