Cardiology

Too little sodium can be harmful to heart failure patients

For people with heart failure, restricting dietary sodium intake to levels below the standard recommended maximum of about 2.3 grams per day does not bring additional benefits and may increase the risk of death, according ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

How COVID-19 can impact the heart

COVID-19 infections can cause potentially life-threatening heart issues. Studies suggest that people with COVID-19 are 55% more likely to suffer a major adverse cardiovascular event, including heart attack, stroke and death, ...

Health

A big heart could help keep women healthy

Baker Heart and Diabetes researchers have found that middle-aged women with a small heart have low cardiorespiratory function (CRF). Lower cardiorespiratory function is associated with disability, heart failure and premature ...

Cardiology

Sudden chest pain: What is angina pectoris?

That feeling of crushing pain in your chest can be a medical emergency, but it can also be angina pectoris, or "stable angina"—a symptom of coronary heart disease that can be managed with medication.

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