In 2013, the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of Cardiology (ACC) created a “risk calculator” to estimate the 10-year risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) ...

Kawasaki disease (KD), an acute self-limited febrile illness that primarily affects children <5 years old, is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in developed countries, with the potential of ...

Stroke was the fourth leading cause of death in the U.S. in 2023, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

The American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association have updated guidelines to help prevent a first stroke, ...

Anyone removed from the water without signs of normal breathing or consciousness should be presumed to be in cardiac arrest.

More than 600,000 people in the US will have their first stroke this year. The American Stroke Association wants to arm doctors and patients with the knowledge to help lower that number.

That’s according to the American Stroke Association (ASA), which on Monday published its updated guidelines for stroke ...

Advances are helping people born with heart defects to make it into adulthood and retirement age. Medical care hasn't kept up ...

The following comments from the American Heart Association have been lightly edited for clarity and length. At the American Heart Association, we’re committed to ensuring everyone has the ...

and informed by guidelines from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association. These guidelines consider your overall risk of a heart attack or stroke in the next 10 years ...

Indeed, compared with other patients with ASCVD, PAD patients may ... to hyperlipidemia and hypertension. New guidelines from the American Diabetes Association have incorporated screening ABI ...

Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease refers to a group of cardiac conditions caused by a buildup of plaque in a person's arterial walls, according to the American Heart Association. ASCVD ...