Atrial fibrillation, or A-fib, is a quivering or irregular heartbeat that can lead to blood clots, stroke and heart failure.

February’s American Heart/Women’s Heart Health Focus Month has me reflecting on all the emotional upheavals my wife has had to endure with her atrial fibrillation heart condition, and the hurdles ...

Background Invasive coronary function testing (CFT) is indicated in patients with refractory angina with non-obstructed coronary arteries (ANOCA). Despite this, questions remain regarding patient ...

As February closes out American Heart Month, patients and doctors gathered at Ascension St. Vincent’s Riverside for a heart patient reunion aimed at celebrating lives saved and treatments that ...

Both Gary LeGros, 70, a Jeanerette city judge, and Paul Herman Toups, an 84-year-old retired small-business owner, underwent transcatheter aortic valve replacement, or TAVR, a minimally invasive ...

Two heart surgery patients reunited with their lifesaving cardiac team at Our Lady of Lourdes Heart Hospital in Lafayette. The heartfelt reunion underscored the deep ...

TAVR is a less invasive procedure than traditional open-heart surgery, offering faster recovery, reduced risk, and shorter ...

Phillip Leever, 74, and his wife, Pamela, had just moved to Pompano Beach, ready to enjoy retired life, when a sudden health scare threatened to upend everything.

The vast majority of organ donations once came from people who were brain-dead. Now they’re increasingly coming from people who died when their heart stopped beating, a major shift that can boost ...

For 15 years, Monica McFarlan lived with heart failure, battling her condition with nine medications a day and enduring multiple hospitalizations. Diagnosed at 37, she faced repeated setbacks, ...

As Heart Month comes to a close, a Virginia Beach woman who was running out of options for a life-threatening heart condition ...