Even women who felt well before pregnancy may begin to notice symptoms around 28 to 30 weeks, when the cardiovascular system reaches its peak workload.

PROVO — It often starts small. Maybe you feel a little more tired than usual or slightly short of breath when walking. For many people, those changes are nothing serious. But doctors say sometimes ...

Exertional dyspnea (shortness of breath during minimal physical activity) is frequently attributed to physical deconditioning or fatigue. However, the onset of breathlessness during low-intensity ...

Heart valve disease has no effective long-term treatment, and people who suffer from it have to endure repeated, invasive surgeries throughout their lives to survive. Researchers at Georgia Tech and ...

MONTH AND TOMORROW IS HEART VALVE DISEASE AWARENESS DAY. SO RIGHT NOW I’M JOINED BY DOCTOR ARUN KUMAR REDDY WHO IS A CARDIOLOGIST AT UPMC. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME ...

As the population ages, the American Heart Association now projects 6 in 10 adults will have cardiovascular disease by 2050 ...

Take action or wait and see? That’s been the longstanding question when it comes to people with failing heart valves experiencing few early symptoms. Now, the “wait and see” approach with regular ...

As you get older, you may expect to feel a little slower. Climbing the stairs might leave you feeling winded. Yard work takes longer. Or you find yourself napping more than you used to. While these ...

Researchers have shed new light on how a type of heart valve disease -- aortic valve stenosis -- progresses differently in males and females. A study led by bioengineers at the University of ...

Valvular heart disease (VHD) is a potentially fatal condition, yet it's difficult to diagnose with a regular stethoscope. A possibly life-saving new multi-sensor stethoscope is claimed to be much ...

Rams safety Quentin Lake knows more about heart valve disease than most. So does his father, Carnell – a fellow former UCLA standout, five-time NFL All-Pro and member of the 1990s All-Decade Team.