The Japanese economy shrank 1.8 percent from the same quarter last year as U.S. tariffs dampened automobile exports and prompted a bleak outlook for growth. By River Akira Davis Reporting from Tokyo ...

A hidden atrial dysfunction may raise stroke risk in people with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM); however, a non-invasive assessment tool may help identify those at increased risk, ...

Editor’s note: The EKG Detective will be a monthly column dedicated to illustrating the benefits of utilizing deductive logic as a method for interpreting ECG tracings. The column will highlight and ...

The first, a study by Carlos M. Peñate, MD, et al., out of Cuba, found that myocardial contraction fraction (MCF) was an independent predictor of mortality in patients with cardiac amyloidosis. The ...

The body needs the mineral potassium to regulate muscle contraction. The heart, being a muscle, may respond to changes in potassium levels by developing an irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia. Atrial ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Coffee may help prevent various adverse CV events as a result of potential anti-inflammatory properties.

The case description for a Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital appears below. A 61-year-old man presented with hypoxemic respiratory failure and shock 10 weeks after kidney ...

A cardiac emergency in SPECT/CT and PET/CT occurs infrequently but necessitates prompt recognition and an appropriate response. The emergence of 18 F-based myocardial perfusion radiopharmaceuticals is ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 72-year-old woman, and I have developed painful burning and tingling in my feet over the past several months, to the point that I cannot sleep many nights. Unfortunately, I ...