Tests like electrocardiograms or a blood test for cholesterol offer good measures of heart health. But the American College ...

A long list of Lynda Hollander's paternal relatives had heart disease, and several had undergone major surgeries. So when she hit her mid-50s and saw her cholesterol levels creeping up after menopause ...

STANFORD, Calif. — A new, noninvasive diagnostic test for coronary artery disease is associated with a higher rate of subsequent invasive cardiac procedures and higher health-care spending. That's ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: A friend suggested I get a cardiac calcium score test to measure the amount of plaque in my heart. What is your opinion of this test? He said since plaque is 20% calcium, the test just ...

Dear Doctor K: I had a heart attack last year. I recently had a follow-up exercise stress test. Now my doctor wants me to have a nuclear stress test. What information will it provide? Dear Reader: ...

The recently updated National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guideline, Peripheral arterial disease: diagnosis and management, aims to resolve the uncertainty and variation that has ...

A new urine test that is about 80-92% accurate could allow for early detection of coronary artery disease. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is responsible for most of the 1.5 million heart attacks that ...

Rising blood levels of a protein called hematoma derived growth factor (HDGF) are linked to the increasing severity of pulmonary arterial hypertension, a form of damaging high blood pressure in the ...

IT has been known for many years that obstruction to one or both renal arteries in man could result in hypertension (the Goldblatt kidney). Many patients suspected of this disorder have, in the past, ...