More articles about: Cardiovascular: Diseases & Conditions

When Rosie’s parents Allison and Leanne Mertzman learned that she would need open heart surgery at just 13 days old, they moved across the country to give Rosie the best care possible.

The Mediterranean diet can lower your risk for heart disease, stroke and diabetes. Learn how to get started with this heart healthy recipe.

U-M led research is exploring more about blood clots in hopes to discover potential alternative options for blood thinners as treatment.

Researchers are using Twitter to analyze how we talk about food in our communities to gain insights into public health.

Providers used to be restrictive in allowing pediatric congenital heart disease patients to exercise. Now, experts say that doesn’t necessarily have to be the case.

ISCHEMIA clinical trial results could change strategy for patients with stable coronary artery disease.

Michigan Medicine researchers initiate a nationwide clinical trial with hopes of discovering the effectiveness of body cooling on patients who experience a cardiac arrest.

An irregular heartbeat leads one father, and his family, down a heart diagnosis path they could have never expected.

It’s important to determine whether stroke patients also experience atrial fibrillation (Afib). Monitoring technology invented at Michigan Medicine could make the process easier and more accurate.

Kristin VanSingel is proud of her scars, the result of several critical heart surgeries since infancy that have kept her alive.

A U-M social worker shares tips to help patients adjust to living with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator.

Providers need clearer guidance on whether a patient who has suffered a STEMI heart attack should recover in the intensive care unit, a new U-M study finds.

One mother shares her experience with a rare form of heart failure and the importance of knowing when to advocate for yourself.

Learn how this septuagenarian went from planning her funeral to dancing at her wedding, thanks to a procedure known as transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR.

Diagnosis, treatments and outcomes for acute aortic dissection have evolved. An international registry reveals trends and the power of data.