Heart Attack

Reducing heart muscle response to calcium could decrease the risk of fatal arrhythmias after heart attacks. Read More

Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute is participating in a clinical study to further evaluate the safety and feasibility of rapidly lowering the body’s temperature to significantly reduce the amount of damage caused by a heart attack. Read More

HDL cholesterol is impaired in patients with chronic kidney disease – and may increase their cardiovascular disease risk. Read More

Women who experience early menopause are more likely to have a heart attack or stroke than women whose menopause occurs at a later age, according to a new study by Melissa Wellons, M.D., assistant professor of Medicine in the Vanderbilt Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism. Read More

A certain signaling pathway could be key to improving cardiac repair after a heart attack. Read More

A discovery about the causes of atherosclerosis, a cause of heart attacks and strokes, may lead to new treatments. Read More