Humans, and piglets, and bears, oh my! Preventing dangerous blood clots

“Don’t poke the bear”, they said. But that’s exactly what a team of scientists have been doing, to discover the secrets of blood clotting. Hibernating bears, paralysed humans, and pigs

Pulmonary vein isolation yields reduction in A-fib burden

For patients with symptomatic paroxysmal or persistent atrial fibrillation, pulmonary vein isolation results in a significant and clinically important reduction in atrial fibrillation burden at six months, according to a

Increased testing for heart disease indicator needed worldwide, say experts

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A review in The Lancet finds that 20% of the world population carries a genetic risk factor for cardiovascular diseases such as heart attacks, strokes, and