A cardiac stress test shows how your heart works during physical activity. Vienybe/Dreamstime/TNS Heart health is an essential part of your overall health and well-being. Your primary care provider ...

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a genetic heart disease that causes thickening of the walls of the heart’s left ventricle. This can make it more difficult for the heart to pump blood throughout ...

This surprisingly simple walking test is becoming a go-to tool for measuring real cardiovascular fitness—no gym, no gadgets, ...

The medical team will not perform CT Angio when your ECG and stress test results show no issues, and you belong to a low-risk ...

I’ve always been tempted to do a genetic test to check in on my heart. I’m in pretty good health, but I have a few close relatives who’ve had heart attacks, strokes, and cancer, so I know my genes ...

Many patients are surprised by how much we can now see without surgery or invasive testing. Over the past decade, advanced ...

If there are heart problems among people in your family (say your cousin was diagnosed with heart failure at 25 or your grandpa passed unexpectedly from a heart attack), it can be worrying to think ...

Medical testing company Aviir Inc. is moving from the Bay Area to Irvine, where it is opening a laboratory this month. Aviir develops tests to predict a person’s risk for heart disease. The tests are ...