Left main coronary artery (LMCA) disease can lead to what's known as a "widowmaker" heart attack, so-called because of the ...

More than a quarter of people with a deadly form of heart disease may be missed following current tests, according to ...

Zetia keeps your body from absorbing cholesterol in your diet, and it is generally safe and well-tolerated. So, it’s a good recommendation that has recently had new studies supporting its use. Another ...

Aspirin has recently been questioned as a preventive for heart attacks, even though we have been using it for decades. Statin ...

It started like any other Monday—routine, peaceful, predictable. But just hours into the day, something shifted. A quiet ...

I am a 64-year-old man who has been having periodic shortness of breath for the past six months or so. This happens mostly upon exertion but sometimes occurs when I stand up. I do have a family ...

The risks of trying a 'carnivore diet' are apparent after a heart specialist warned that it was giving 'healthy' 35-year-olds ...

There are prognostic benefits of left internal mammary artery (LIMA)-to-anterior descending coronary artery (LAD): The risk of stroke will be reduce. ... The Heart Team Approach.

The patient had an angioplasty (PCI) done in one major artery – LAD (the most important artery in the front of the heart supplying maximum myocardial tissue). Patient was stable post procedure and was ...

As compared with PCI, there was a higher risk of periprocedural stroke in patients undergoing CABG. At 1-year, 0.6% of PCI and 2.2% of CABG patients (p = 0.003) had suffered a stroke. [] The risk ...