Cardiology

Tolvaptan appears to have both clinical and economic benefits for heart failure patients with hyponatremia, reports a new study.

In this video, Roman Nowygrod, MD, New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia, speaks about how 30-40% of strokes are caused by carotid arteries in the neck.

A study covering over half a million patients hospitalized for autoimmune disorders finds that they are at greatly increased risk of pulmonary embolism in the first year after their initial hospitalization.

The largest safety study performed to date has found that ADHD drugs do not raise the risk of severe heart problems.

This electrocardiogram was taken on 16-year-old boy while he was hospitalized for heart failure.

In this video, Dr. Hiroo Takayama of Columbia University's Department of Surgery, speaks about a new treatment option to help end stage heart failure called left ventricular assist device (LVAD).

In this video, Alex B. Fair, founder of FairCareMD, speaks about how looking for the right health care professional at a decent cost can be a nightmare and explains that FairCareMD can help make the entire process less stressful for everyone involved.

According to a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the death rates caused by overdoses of prescription painkillers has more than tripled in the past decade, surpassing the total number of deaths caused by heroin and cocaine combined.

On Monday, President Obama signed an executive order directing the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take measures which will reduce drug shortages.

According to a report from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), too much “Halloween” black licorice can kill you.

Approximately three in 10 patients being treated for hypertension with thiazides develop hyponatremia, according to the results of a retrospective cohort study.

Washington Hospital Center has unveiled a secure mobile application for smartphones, desktops, and tablets developed in conjunction with AT&T that streams real-time video and audio from critical care situations such as ambulances in transit to awaiting emergency care centers.

If you didn’t know it already, you do now: stress kills. That’s according to the results of a new study that concludes that men who experience persistently moderate or high levels of stressful life events over a number of years have a 50% higher mortality rate.

A new study provides guidance to physicians using therapeutic cooling to treat sudden cardiac arrest, which is the leading cause of death in the United States.

External pacemaker pulse generators may be decreased in risk classification from Class III (high-risk) to Class II (moderate-risk), according to a statement issued from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Tobacco disease is considered by many to be a non-communicable disease epidemic with approximately six million needless deaths due to tobacco use worldwide each year.

Even though chest pain in children is typically not serious, a child’s complaint to feeling such symptoms causes high anxiety for parents.

The rovaroxaban ROCKET-AF trial that was analyzed by the FDA committee during the decision process, presented many strengths, along with many weaknesses.

New research has found that stem cells derived from human cord blood could be an effective alternative in repairing damage caused by heart attacks.

Half of patients with atrial fibrillation either deny or do not know they are at increased risk of stroke, a recent American Heart Association survey finds.