High blood pressure means faster slide into signs of dementia or Alzheimer’s, but does not explain the overall disparity between Hispanic/Latino people and non-Hispanic people in dementia risk.

Study finds diet is the greatest contributor to death from cardiovascular disease.

Only around half of those who have hypertension or conditions linked to blood pressure regularly monitor, but health care providers’ recommendations increase older adults’ monitoring at home.

Talk to your doctor about whether taking aspirin can do you more harm than good.

The study finds nearly 96% of patients deemed eligible for surgery survive in the first 48 hours.

Providers’ differential decision-making must be addressed to equalize chance of survival for heart failure patients, researchers say.

After the diagnosis, Cristina Bashans was carefully monitored for a potentially life-threatening aortic aneurysm.

One woman’s bicuspid valve was replaced, and aortic aneurysm repaired, after a period of doctor-led “watchful waiting.”

Hospitals across the country are teaming up to improve outcomes in kids who need mechanical heart pumps for congenital heart disease or heart failure.

An expert weighs in on what to avoid to prevent an atrial fibrillation episode.

Complicated heart issues put one woman at high risk for pregnancy, but a team of skilled doctors helped her give birth to two healthy children.

Updated heart failure management guidelines add recommendations for the use of SGLT inhibitors and for managing patients with cancer therapy-related cardiotoxicity.

With winter in full swing, a cardiologist explains why some are at high risk of aortic dissection.

Heart attacks mean energy deprivation. Could a fatty acid found in energy drinks, then, help recovery?

An expert weighs in on what it means to have a heart murmur and when you should see a cardiologist.