Heart Disease causes, symptoms, risk factors & Treatment
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the US. Learn its symptoms, causes, risk factors and treatments, and how to lower your risk.
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the US. Learn its symptoms, causes, risk factors and treatments, and how to lower your risk.
Structural heart disease affects the heart's walls, valves or muscle and can be present at birth or develop later. Learn the causes and symptoms.
Ludwig's angina is a serious bacterial infection of the floor of the mouth, usually from an infected lower molar. It can block the airway fast.
Coronary thrombosis is a blood clot in a heart artery, usually on a ruptured plaque. It can cause a heart attack, so chest pain needs a 911 call.
Heart anatomy explained: the four chambers, valves, major vessels, coronary arteries and electrical system, and how blood flows through the heart.
Calcium supplements may slightly raise heart attack risk in some studies, but calcium from food does not. See what the research shows and what to ask.