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We spoke with Amanda Vest, MD from the CardioVascular Center at Tufts Medical Center about what doctors have learned so far about the connection between COVID-19 and pre-existing heart conditions.

Animals are known to improve our mood and help calm us down. Learn more about pets and heart health from Dr. Brian Downey at Tufts MC.

Can cold temperatures cause heart issues? We asked Clinical Nursing Director of Tufts MC's Cardiac Catherization Lab to explain more.

Wearables and Your Heart Rate: Are these Devices Accurate?

Wendy Canty suffered a heart attack in 2018 at age 50. And soon knew she needed to find a new option and turned to Tufts Medical Center's heart research team to learn more about implantable heart pumps.

Mac and his team at Tufts MC refused to let cardiomyopathy take his life, so they did all they could to get him to a heart transplant.

Smoking. Diabetes. High cholesterol and blood pressure. Not only do they increase your chance of developing heart disease, but of peripheral artery disease, a painful condition of the legs and feet. Fortunately, researchers are working on new treatments.

Third year Gastroenterology fellow at Tufts Medical Center, Sukeerti Kesar, MD, sprung to action to help Nico Pellegrino as he was having a heart attack.

Meeting with heart transplant recipient at Tufts MC brings comfort, closure for donor family.

For years, Jeff, an active man in his early 40s and an intensive care unit (ICU) nurse at a hospital in New Bedford, couldn’t understand why he felt so tired. Neither could his medical providers. He received various diagnoses, with no improvement in his symptoms.

Pat loved being active but when he was diagnosed with AFib, his active lifestyle had to change.

Albert Plummer received the first heart transplant at Tufts Medical Center (Tufts MC), giving him 11 more years with his family doing the things he loved. He left a lasting legacy on the Tufts Medical Center CardioVascular Center.

It was April 8, 2018, and Dana Corr was looking forward to celebrating his 55th birthday that day with his wife and two daughters in their Westford home. He had just returned from a trip visiting colleges in Rhode Island the day before with his daughter. Unfortunately, all celebrations were put on hold that day as his heart seemed to have other plans.

I am a family member of a Tufts Medical Center patient. My husband was brought to Tufts as a result of his declining health due to heart failure. The care he received at Tufts MC enabled him to recover from a serious, + at times critical, condition to a point that he is able to have a good quality of life as he awaits a heart transplant.