People with pockets of fat hidden inside their muscles are at a higher risk of dying or being hospitalized from a heart ...

Fitness doesn’t make people immune to atherosclerosis, but what to do with the finding in asymptomatic patients is uncertain.

A coronary calcium scan can reveal what’s going on inside the arteries in an easily accessible and inexpensive manner. So, ...

The findings represent the first step to potentially augmenting current risk models with Lp(a) measurements, the author says.

A study has revealed a significant link between a common pregnancy complication and early heart disease in women. The study ...

The prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is rising globally, increasing cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. Effective ...

CAD is common in patients with cirrhosis, but cirrhosis itself is not significantly associated with an increased CAD risk.

Medically reviewed by Anisha Shah, MD "Vascular disease" is a term given to conditions that affect the blood vessels that ...