Cardiology

health-and-wellness

Cardiac arrest is an electrical failure of the heart that stops effective pumping, whereas a heart attack is a plumbing problem caused by blocked blood flow to the heart muscle....

health-and-medicine

Elvis Presley died on July 31, 1977. The official cause of death was cardiac arrhythmia. Contributing factors included underlying coronary artery disease and essential hypertens...

sports-medicine

This article explains how to understand reports of a triathlete death in a durable, factual way. It defines the term, distinguishes single tragic events from long-term trends, o...

health

Heart deaths refer to deaths where a heart condition is the primary or underlying cause. They account for a large share of total mortality worldwide and are often the result of...

sports-medicine

When a basketball player dies on court, the event is both medically and emotionally consequential. In nearly all cases, the underlying cause is a primary cardiovascular event su...

Status Updates

DMX, born Earl Simmons, passed away on April 9, 2921, in Los Angeles, California. The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner‑Coroner reported his cause of death as...