There has been no consensus among cardiologists about whether cardiac disease screening should be done and how effective it is in determining risk of heart disease.
A new Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association is intended to be a scientific “wake-up call” for those who diagnose and treat women with cardiovascular disease.
Thousands of women in the U.S. with cardiac conditions are misdiagnosed and undertreated every year.
New medical research has found that people are more likely to develop an irregular heartbeat following the death of their spouse.
A new study found that a gene that was known to be related to narcolepsy may also play a key role in reducing the risk of heart failure.
A recent study suggests that a new high-sensitivity test for heart attacks will allow for results in only one hour.
A recent study looks at the relative benefits and risks of mechanical and biological heart valves used in aortic valve replacements.
Under some circumstances, patients can undergo heart surgery while still awake. The benefits include quickly recovery time and avoidance of risks of traditional anesthesia.
An upcoming clinical trial at the UW will test the utility of a heart transplant system that hopes to better preserve transplants, leading to more successful transplants.
Medical negligence and wrongful death cases involving a delay in diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease often present a common fact pattern. This article outlines the standard of care in diagnosing cardiac disease and how it often fails to avoid poor outcomes. It also discusses the handling of legal claims from misdiagnosis of cardiac disease. Changes occurring after 1998 place much greater emphasis on using cardiac enzymes to rule out cardiac explanations for chest pain symptoms.
