U-M Center for Circulatory Support provides leadership in research and innovation of the devices that help patients survive the wait for a heart transplant ANN ARBOR, Mich., June

Indiana University researchers found that the highly active middle-aged subjects in their study appear to avoid the arterial stiffening -- when arteries become less compliant as blood pumps through the body -- that typically comes with aging.

250,000 people in the U.S. die from sudden cardiac arrest every year. Now, a genetic variant in a cardiac protein could be linked to heart rhythm dysfunction.

PHILADELPHIA, May 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett signed the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act, establishing standards for preventing sudden

Every single town in Australia has been rated on its proximity to cardiac care, before and after a heart attack.