The heart is one of the most crucial organs of the body which beats without rest throughout our lives – whether we are working out, eating our meals, or even as we sleep. The heart is the size of a ...

More than a thousand people chose to spend this day before Valentine’s Day learning about the heart. Hawaii Pacific Health’s “Valentine in Paradise” was a free community health forum at the Ala Moana ...

There are a few common extra heart sounds that the clinician may encounter. These include ejection sounds that occur with pulmonic or AS heard in early systole, “clicks” that are heard in mitral or ...

Pulsus paradoxus is the term used to describe an exaggerated blood pressure variation with the respiratory cycle. This can be found in cardiac tamponade or during chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

The heart is a complex organ that pumps blood throughout the body. It sits in the chest, slightly left of center, behind the breastbone, and between the lungs. A heart that is not healthy does not ...

In adults, a typical resting heart rate is 60 to 100 beats per minute, but structural or electrical disorders of the heart can cause it to rise or fall. Medications, a lack of sleep, and stress may ...

In systolic heart failure, the heart cannot effectively contract with each heartbeat. In diastolic heart failure, your heart cannot relax between heartbeats. Both types can lead to right-sided heart ...