A new study could lead to more widespread use of imaging technique to improve survival and prevent complications.

The following is a summary of “Visual coronary artery calcification score to predict significant coronary artery stenosis in ...

Patients with coronary artery disease—plaque buildup inside the arteries that leads to chest pain, shortness of breath, and heart attack—often undergo PCI, a non-surgical procedure in which ...

There is no easy way to unclog an artery once plaque has built up. However, dietary choices, exercise, and avoiding smoking can improve cardiovascular health and stop blockages from worsening.

A new Intermountain Health study finds that peripheral artery disease, a condition that affects more than 10 million Americans over the age of 40, is often underdiagnosed and undertreated ...

Genome-wide association studies have identified common genetic variants at ≈300 human genomic loci linked to coronary artery disease susceptibility. Among these genomic regions, the most impactful is ...

single arterial grafts (SAG) in coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. We conducted a comprehensive search across multiple databases for RCTs that directly compared MAG and SAG. The clinical ...

But they had no idea what was in nitroglycerine to cause coronary arteries to expand and bring blood full of oxygen to hearts crying out for help.

CPR and defibrillators may save your life. Doctors say cardiac arrest can happen within days of coronary artery bypass surgery, even though it is uncommon, with an incidence of around 0.7–2.9 per cent ...

ROI delineation was performed on a single view of a patient’s coronary artery and then applied to all the images of the same vessel. The images containing the ROIs constituted the input to both ...

"The statistics haven't improved enough," a women's heart doctor told us. A heart blockage occurs when the coronary arteries, which are vessels that supply oxygen-rich blood to the heart muscle, ...