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Idaho mayor’s sudden death at town hall caused by ‘cardiac tamponade’: What is it?

What to know about the rare condition.

Idaho Mayor Rick Hogaboam’s cause of death revealed after he collapsed during town hall meeting

A newly elected Idaho mayor was killed by a rare cardiac complication he suffered during a town hall meeting, the coroner confirmed Thursday. City of Nampa Mayor Rick Hogaboam, 47, collapsed ...

His chest felt like his son was lying on it. His doctor recommended a procedure that's "crazy even to heart surgeons."

Transit Officer Paul DeGeorge thought his son was lying on him. Then he realized something much scarier was happening.

Magnetic fluid injected into the heart could stop strokes before they start

A liquid injected into the heart that sets like a gel could one day prevent strokes caused by atrial fibrillation, animal tests suggest.
The Lancet

Revisiting the burden and patterns of myocardial infarction in type 1 diabetes

Type 1 diabetes confers a cardiovascular burden that is often obscured by the young age of affected individuals and by the longstanding focus on microvascular rather than macrovascular complications.