Imaging agent may improve diagnoses for rare heart disease

A PET/CT radiotracer demonstrated high sensitivity and specificity for diagnosing cardiac amyloidosis, a rare disease that causes abnormal protein buildup in the heart and heart failure, according to a recent clinical trial ...

What are we dying from?

Cardiovascular diseases now account for a third of deaths in adults over 40 in a rural South African population.

What happens after a heart event matters more than we think

While coronary heart disease (CHD) alone is a leading cause of death and a significant health care burden in Australia, this comorbidity with type 2 diabetes (T2D) amplifies patients' risk of a heart attack. As a consequence, ...

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