The left main coronary artery arises from the left coronary cusp and bifurcates into the left anterior descending (LAD) and the left circumflex coronary arteries. Since the left main supplies a ...

The left circumflex coronary artery arises from the left main coronary artery and supplies the lateral and inferolateral segments of the myocardium. In approximately 10% of individuals the left ...

Having a coronary artery calcium (CAC) score of zero has generally been accepted as a marker of a very low risk of having a ...

For example, lesions 1,1,1 and 0,1,1 (Figure 1) describe two types of lesions with involvement of the main and side branch ... used for the treatment of coronary artery bifurcation lesions ...

Blood clots can form both in the heart's chamber (intracardiac thrombosis) and the coronary arteries ... off the upper left chamber of the heart, or the left ventricle, the main pumping chamber ...

The heart muscle needs oxygen-rich blood to do its job. The vessels that feed the heart are called coronary arteries (shown in the diagram right) and they branch off from the body’s main artery, the ...

Coronary artery disease, CAD, is a condition where the arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle become clogged and narrow, making it difficult for blood and oxygen to reach the muscles of ...