A blocked coronary artery causing an acute heart attack must be opened immediately with a stent procedure. However, if other ...

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We see in movies that people place their left hand on their chest during a heart attack, but do you know why this happens?

Chest pain isn't the only heart attack sign; discomfort in the left arm is a vital clue. This occurs because shared nerve ...

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A new, long-term study recently released in the New England Journal of Medicine has cardiologists in Western Pennsylvania divided on its potential impacts on the field and how it may impact the ...

WOONSOCKET, R.I. (WPRI) — It was the best Christmas gift he could have asked for, and now, one local man wants to thank the team that saved his life. On our most recent edition of 12 Health, Shannon ...

(InvestigateTV) — Each year, more than 800,000 people experience a heart attack, which happens when a blockage in a blood vessel cuts off blood supply to the heart, according to the CDC. While most ...

SEATTLE — A groundbreaking study reveals that more than 99% of people who suffered cardiac events like heart attacks or strokes already had "nonoptimal" levels of at least one common risk factor, ...

Kenny Thorley suffered a heart attack miles from home, during which his pulse stopped for 45 minutes Jordan Greene is Society and Culture writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...