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Heart disease is the leading cause of death among women in the United States and accounts for 1 in 5 female deaths, according to the CDC

Finds complications during pregnancy could be linked to a higher risk of heart disease in the mother. talk to us about this because you are quoted in the cnn.com piece about this and i thought it was so interesting that you said being pregnant is sort of like a stress test for future cardiovascular risk. >> i am a cardiologist. i run our women's heart program here. cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of ma term mortality. what happens in pregnancy can predict your future risk and so many women are unaware of this. this study, a big study, took over 2 million women and followed them bet...

Five major pregnancy complications are strong lifelong risk factors for ischemic heart disease, a new study finds, with the greatest risk coming in the decade after delivery.

UCSF surgeons have performed the health system’s 20,000th solid organ transplant, making it just the third in the nation to reach that milestone.

Newly published research suggests that low levels of HDL cholesterol means significantly different levels of risk for heart attack between white adults and Black adults.