Alcohol is a part of many people’s lives and can be hard to avoid. However, drinking more than the recommended amount can be harmful to your heart and general health. While there is no completely safe ...

Although the term is sometimes used interchangeably with coronary angioplasty (involving only the heart), balloon angioplasty has come to describe any intervention of its sort performed percutaneously ...

I always thought this was a heart balloon, but it turns out this is a punctuation mark, an exclamation point with a heart as the stem instead of a traditional line. (Honestly, that makes more ...

Transcatheter heart valve (THV) underexpansion after transcatheter aortic valve replacement may be associated with worse outcomes. THV expansion can be assessed fluoroscopically using a pigtail for ...

It has become more acute since Ollie had two young children and an endless stream of balloon-filled children’s parties – my parental heart goes out to him. He is gently but firmly led into a ...

A palpitation is when it feels like your heart is racing, pounding, thumping, flopping, or fluttering. You may feel it in your chest, throat, or neck. It may feel like your heart’s rhythm is off ...

Bradycardia refers to a resting heart rate that is slower than usual. A heart rate of fewer than 60 beats per minute (bpm) may indicate an underlying health issue, but this is not always the case.

In addition to regular exercise and not smoking, diet is one of the best ways to protect your heart. That’s because inflammation, blood pressure, cholesterol, and other heart disease risk ...

Blood pressure and heart rate (pulse) are two important vital signs measured during a healthcare visit. Blood pressure (BP) is a measure of the force of blood on the blood vessel walls. Blood vessels ...