The king of pop, Michael Jackson has died of cardiac arrest. The singer was 50. CBS and LA Times have confirmed this. CNN also reports that Michael Jackson has died of heart attack.

When faced with patients suffering a heart attack, doctors have two choices: inject them with medication to dissolve the blood clot (fibrinolytic therapy) or insert a small balloon to open the blocked artery (primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)).

Transferring heart attack patients to specialized hospitals to undergo angioplasty within six hours after receiving clot-busting drugs reduces the risk of life-threatening complications including repeat heart attacks, according to a new study from St. Michael's Hospital and Southlake Regional Hospital.

Patients with heart attacks and other forms of chest pain are three to five times more likely to experience serious complications after hospital admission when they are treated in a crowded emergency department (ED), according to a new study published in the journal Academic Emergency Medicine.

Millions of people take low dose aspirin every day to lower their risk of a heart attack by a fifth, but aspirin increases the risk of stomach bleeding by a third. Scientists at Oxford have concluded that the benefits of aspirin only outweigh the risks in the cases of patients who have already had a stroke or a heart attack.

The relationship between the dental disease periodontitis and coronary heart disease (CHD) has been known for several years. Although a genetic link seemed likely, until now its existence was uncertain. Now, for the first time, scientists have discovered a genetic relationship between the two conditions, a researcher told the annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics today (Monday 25 May).

The Telegraph reports that researchers have reviewed studies and found that blood pressure drugs reduced the risk of a heart attack and stroke even in people whose blood pressure was not raised to start with.

A landmark follow-up study found that heart attack survivors who receive implanted cardioverter defribillators (ICDs) live longer the longer they have them, according to the results of late-breaking clinical trail presented today at the annual Scientific Sessions of the Heart Rhythm Society.

Women who breastfed their babies for over a year were 10% less likely to develop heart problems and stroke than women who had never breastfed.

A protein that the heart produces during its early development reactivates the embryonic coronary developmental program and initiates migration of heart cells and blood vessel growth after a heart attack, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found.

People who have had a heart attack are likely to report having been in traffic shortly before their symptoms began, researchers reported at the American Heart Association’s 49th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention.