Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death worldwide, claiming an estimated 17.9 million lives annually, according to the World Health Organization. Over 80% of these fatalities ...

A widowmaker heart attack happens when you have a blockage in the biggest artery in your heart. That means blood can’t move through your left anterior descending (LAD) artery, which provides 50 ...

SAN ANTONIO — Every 40 seconds, someone in the U.S. has a heart attack. That's about 800,000 every year. In this Wear The Gown, we learn the signs of a widowmaker heart attack, and what surgeons do to ...

Ray Romano is revealing some scary health news he recently received. "I just had to have a stent put in," he told Marc Maron on Maron's "WTF" podcast. "I had 90% blockage. "I got kinda lucky that we ...

Jeff Goss, 53, was heading out to an Arizona Cardinals baseball game with his wife, Michelle, when he began feeling very ill, leading him to cough violently, clench his chest and sway She could then ...

A 95% blockage of the widow-maker artery nearly ended Ken Gray’s life; yet the Naperville 60-year-old went on to become a national champion in obstacle course racing. Northwestern Medicine ...