Atrial fibrillation guidelines focus on shared care, patient empowerment, comorbidities and more

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The 2024 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation, developed in collaboration with the European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), include

Black infants with heart abnormalities more likely to die in first year, research finds

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Some babies are born with abnormalities involving the structure of the heart, known as congenital heart disease (CHD). While many studies have shown that more babies

Combination of drugs could prevent thousands of heart attacks

Patients who receive an add-on medication soon after a heart attack have a significantly better prognosis than those who receive it later, or not all. This is according to a