Atrial fibrillation (af): - Last week, a reader wrote in asking for more information about this heart condition that is plaguing her father. He has been prescribed warfarin and d...

Bypass surgery: low-risk overkill - Up to one-third of all coronary bypass surgery may be unnecessary, and could even be hastening the death of the patient. ...

Bypass surgery causes stroke - About 6 per cent of patients who have coronary bypass surgery could suffer a stroke directly afterwards. Of these, 5 per cent die, and nearly half suf...

Low haemoglobin affects success of bypass surgery - Can a small amount of haemoglobin kill you? An observational study of 2059 patients who have undergone coronary bypass surgery certainly indicates it...

You've got to have heart if you want to get well - Coronary bypass surgery patients who were optimistic about a positive outcome were more likely to have their wishes fulfilled. ...

Emergency care: - It's so bad that it kills a third of patients - The health service is seriously overstretched. Patients with chronic conditions that require routine care tend to get the worst of it, so perhaps the...

Heart Attack: Patients given useless drug - Patients who are rushed into intensive care after a sudden heart attack are being given a useless drug.

Electric shocks don’t cure heart flutter - Electrical cardioversion - where electrical shocks are used to restore normal heart rhythm after atrial fibrillation (AF) or heart flutter - may work...