San Francisco, CA - Calling into question the "time-honored" tradition of using third and fourth heart sounds to identify cardiac abnormalities, a new study indicates that the overall diagnostic ...

A heart murmur is an extra sound that can occur between heartbeats as blood moves through the heart. In babies, it is usually not a cause for concern. Sometimes, however, it can indicate an underlying ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that nearly half of all U.S. adults have high blood pressure, formally known as hypertension—and 20 percent of those people are unaware ...

Irregular heartbeat conditions affect millions of people worldwide, causing hearts to beat too fast, too slow, or with an uneven rhythm. These cardiac rhythm disturbances, medically known as ...

Learning that your newborn has a heart murmur can be scary news. But heart murmurs in newborns are actually extremely common and often harmless. Read on to learn more about what to look out for if ...

Valentina Dargam receives funding from Florida Heart Research Foundation and National Institute of Health. Joshua Hutcheson receives funding from the Florida Heart Research Foundation, the American ...

Did our AI summary help? Palpitations were once shrugged off as “just nerves” or “too much caffeine.” But today, heart specialists stress that irregular heartbeats, particularly Atrial fibrillation or ...