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Doctors from the Emory Heart & Vascular Center are joining forces with the Family Heart Foundation, a leading research and advocacy organization, to find and more widely treat undiagnosed patients living with a common genetic condition that causes very high levels of unhealthy cholesterol, heightening the risk for heart attacks and strokes even at a young age.

The American Heart Association’s most recent Presidential Advisory addressed the large gap in research between men’s heart health and women’s.

Investing in and improving research, awareness and equity in women's heart health are critical for the health and well-being of women, according to a new Presidential Advisory from the American Heart Association, published today in the Association's flagship journal Circulation.

Scientists debate whether Hispanic adults, who have higher rates of certain risk factors for cardiovascular disease, are nonetheless less likely to die from it than their non-Hispanic white peers. It's something researchers call the Hispanic paradox.

Back when Emory University’s Nanette Wenger, MD, began practicing cardiology in the 1950s, the medical community assumed that heart disease mainly affected men. Over the decades, Wenger proved that women are just as vulnerable. Her extraordinary career and contributions to the field have been honored by the American Heart Association.