Treadmill stress test: What is a treadmill exercise stress test? Dr. Marc Wallack routinely passed his cardiac exercise stress test with flying colors. He was, after all, a veteran marathon runner ...

Can a blood test predict a heart attack? Exciting new research suggests that the simple diagnostic tool of a blood test may help doctors determine the risk of cardiac events in patients with heart ...

A new highly sensitive blood test can safely rule out heart attacks in close to two-thirds of patients who are evaluated in the emergency department (ED) with chest pain, according to results of a new ...

This week Color Genomics took the wraps off its first cardiovascular test for hereditary high cholesterol disorder —Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH), a condition which increases the likelihood of ...

On September 14, 2007, Lorenz Diesbergen, age 44, stepped off a commuter train in downtown Chicago and began his daily walk to work in the Chicago Loop. As he crossed the bridge over the Chicago River ...

HealthDay News — A new screening test designed to predict a patient’s risk of developing coronary heart disease (CHD) has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Results ...

Did you know a patient can have significant heart disease despite a normal stress test? Comedian Brad Upton recently posted on Facebook that he suffered a "significant" heart attack on Memorial Day ...

When it comes to testing for diseases, many people do not get them done regularly, whether it is due to the cost or due to lack of time. However, when it comes to diseases like heart diseases, high ...

What is a heart blockage? It simply means the heart may not work well. Cleveland Clinic reports a heart blockage can happen when your heart beats slowly or skips beats, and in severe cases, it can ...

Dr. Marc Wallack routinely passed his cardiac exercise stress test with flying colors. He was, after all, a veteran marathon runner with respectable cholesterol and blood pressure numbers. But as many ...