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After menopause around one in four women may develop irregular heart rhythms in their lifetime, with stressful life events and insomnia major contributors.

Women with breast cancer will be enrolled in a trial examining behavioural and psychological interventions to reduce heart damage from anti-cancer therapies.

Cardiomyopathies are conditions that affect the muscles of the heart and can affect the heart’s structure, reduce its ability to pump blood around the body, and cause abnormal heart rhythms.

Participants who said they had extreme pain after a heart attack were more than twice as likely to die during the study period compared to those who reported no pain.

Scientists at City of Hope have uncovered new molecular targets on a cell receptor that play a major role in cardiovascular regulation. The findings could lead to improved drugs for heart disease.

A new American Heart Association scientific statement highlights evidence supporting shared decision-making, ensuring patients have the knowledge and tools to make decisions about their health.

A collaborative team of researchers has unveiled a miniature human-heart model that could potentially transform drug testing and cardiovascular research.

The new diagnostic method is based on the simultaneous assessment of electrical and mechanical (contractile) activity in the heart atria during atrial fibrillation.

Cardiovascular disease is one of the most common causes of death in Sweden and in the world. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, among others, have now found that artificial intelligence seems to play a role in identifying the risk of cardiovascular disease.

For the over 20 million people in the US with chronic coronary disease, a heart-healthy diet and lifestyle are the best ways to prevent worsening health, according to the latest joint guideline for chronic coronary disease from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology.

In a major Swedish study, researchers have discovered a link between the levels of certain bacteria living in the gut and coronary atherosclerotic plaques. Such atherosclerotic plaques, which are formed by the build-up of fatty and cholesterol deposits, constitute a major cause of heart attacks.

In the majority of cases, graft failure after heart transplantation is attributable to abnormalities like severe coronary artery disease.

Patients treated with blood pressure-lowering drugs can experience much greater improvements from a change of medication than from doubling the dose of their current medication.

Atrial fibrillation, popular as Afib is the most commonly treated heart arrhythmia.

Theatre producer Holly McComish is now calling for tougher screening for women before they are given the pill.