Impaired Heart Microvessel Function Linked to Doubled Risk of Death and Heart Attack
While the heart pumps blood throughout the body, the cardiac muscle itself relies on a continuous supply delivered not only by large coronary...
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The Unexpected Heart Benefits of Weight Loss Injections: Reducing Complications After Heart Attack
New research indicates that the class of drugs used in popular weight loss injections may do more than shed pounds; they could lower the risk of...
Severance Hospital Performs High-Risk Cardiac Intervention Using Impella Pump in 86-Year-Old Patient
Severance Hospital announced on Tuesday that its medical team has successfully performed a complex, high-risk coronary...
Women’s Heart Disease Often Strikes Without Chest Pain—and 60% of Adults Don’t Know It
Crushing, squeezing chest pain is widely recognized as the hallmark sign of a heart attack.
"Can I Get TAVI, Too?": 11 Key Questions to Ask Before an Aortic Valve Procedure
Many patients with severe aortic valve stenosis delay treatment out of fear of open-heart surgery.
Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital Performs South Korea’s First ‘LLAMACORN’ TAVI Procedure
A medical team at Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital has successfully performed South Korea’s first "LLAMACORN" procedure, a...
No Need to Travel to Seoul: How South Gyeongsang Valve Patients Access Local TAVI Treatment
For older adults, heart valve disease can be particularly difficult to detect. Symptoms often develop gradually,...
TAVI speeds recovery without opening the chest — but age brings more to weigh
For patients diagnosed with severe aortic stenosis and their families, one question often comes first: “Can it be...
Protecting Your Vascular Health: Four Everyday Foods That Keep Blood Vessels Elastic
As the human body ages, blood vessels gradually lose their natural elasticity. When arterial walls stiffen and vascular...
Protecting the Midlife Vessel: How Fish and Nuts Guard Brain Health and Retirement Security
Long-term care facilities house many residents in their 60s who are living with dementia or the severe aftereffects of...