Cardiovascular Disease

Coronary artery disease is brought on by the lifestyle problems of smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity and diabetes. Addressing these problems may stop an even more-severe...

Combined chest and jaw pain can be cardiac related and may indicate a heart attack. This type of pain originates in the chest area and radiates upwards to the left jaw. Chest pain that does not...

Chest wall pain, known medically as costochondritis, is an inflammatory condition that affects many people and is one of the most common causes of chest pain. Although costochondritis can affect...

A palpitation is a fluttering feeling in your chest caused by your heart. While they are alarming, palpitations are usually harmless.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lists coronary heart disease as the number one cause of death and disability in the United States. Although some heart attacks occur quickly,...

Angina disease involves chest pain caused by ischemia, or restricted blood flow to the heart. A majority of angina cases are classified as stable or unstable. Stable angina symptoms occur when...

An aortic aneurysm is a bulge in the largest artery in the body--the aorta. If an aneurysm bursts, a person is in danger of hemorrhaging. It can be a life-threatening condition, but it is...

As a woman in my 60's ... married to a man in his 60's ... I've made a real effort to learn how to recognize the symptoms of a heart attack. I'm concerned not just for myself and my husband, but...

Prinzmetal's angina, also called variant angina and atypical angina, is a form of angina that typically attacks when an affected individual is resting or relaxed. Prinzmetal's angina is...

If you feel pain behind one of your breasts, you may automatically think it's a tumor. Fortunately, this assumption is mostly groundless, because breast cancer does not cause pain in its early...

Angina symptoms may appear at different times. For some it can occur when overexerted and for others it may happen with high emotions or stressed. Most people become aware of what produces angina...

Atherosclerosis, also known as hardening or narrowing of the arteries, may affect blood flow carrying oxygen and nutrients to vital body organs and tissues. As one of the leading causes of...

If you have a high blood pressure reading at your doctor's appointment, you may be walking around with a silent killer in your chest. Your physician will need to take several readings to determine...

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is a set of emergency procedures to revive a victim of cardiac arrest. Its primary purpose is not to start the heart but maintain the flow of oxygenated blood through...

Your cardiologist will perform an echocardiogram to evaluate the size, shape and position of the structures of your heart. It's a painless test that takes 30 to 60 minutes to perform, and may be...