Active individuals with heart-related concerns might seek the help of a sports cardiologist. Here’s what these medical specialists can do.

A new clinical trial is testing a catheter-based approach to treating mitral valve regurgitation, providing a faster procedure with a shorter recovery time.

Often connected to each other, these emergency cardiac scenarios can be deadly. Learn the signs and symptoms of both — and what to do next.

What is a widowmaker heart attack? A Michigan Medicine cardiologist breaks down the symptoms, risk factors and treatment approach for this severe cardiac event.

What causes a heart attack? Discover twelve risk factors for a heart attack and find out lifestyle changes that can help lower your risk.

Just 24 hours after her birth Mila was diagnosed with TAPVR, a critical heart condition, thanks to a Michigan mandated newborn screening for heart defects.

Under the new blood pressure guidelines, 100 million Americans have hypertension. Learn the causes of high blood pressure and find out how it is diagnosed and treated.

One young man’s struggles with Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome have served to strengthen his faith and shape his career.

A lot has changed since one man’s near-fatal cardiac arrest. The biggest shift: volunteering with the cardiac rehabilitation program that saved his life.

A Michigan Medicine vascular surgeon shares vital information about monitoring and treating aortic aneurysm.

Read how in chronic disease care family and friends are more of health supporters, and how physicians and policymakers should consider chronic disease care that includes health supporters.

Read about enlarged aorta risks, symptoms and treatments. Also known as aortic aneurysm, it can be deadly if not screened or treated properly.

A longtime blood test that measures the likelihood of a cardiac event has become more sensitive and more precise. Why doctors and patients should be cautiously optimistic.

As Darcy Way learned, a sudden aortic dissection can be fatal. But luck was on his side last February.

Increases in early stenting treatments have paid off in lives and dollars, but some hospitals lag behind, a new study finds. Meanwhile, total costs have grown without reductions in mortality.