Medically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MD The aorta is the largest blood vessel in the body, carrying oxygen-rich blood from the heart to every organ and tissue. It begins at the left ventricle, ...

Medically reviewed by Jordana Haber Hazan, MD The abdominal aorta is a large artery in your belly that carries blood from the ...

A heart attack can strike without warning, and one of the leading culprits is clogged arteries. This silent condition builds up over time, often without ...

"All these new tests examine function and anatomy beautifully ... "But with CTA, we can rule in or rule out significant heart disease and artery disease, or congenital abnormalities -- and ...

"And if we know the development pathways of these important arteries, then we can perhaps regrow them by reintroducing these pathways in a diseased heart." Several coronary arteries deliver blood ...

The findings, which link this gene to heart artery patterning ... CXCL12 drives natural variation in coronary artery anatomy across diverse populations. Cell. 2025;188(7):1784-1806.e22. doi: 10.1016/j ...

St. Luke’s University Health Network now offers a proven, noninvasive diagnostic option for people with suspected heart ...

A large new study of more than 40,000 patients from heart researchers at Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City finds that a zero coronary artery calcium score continues to be an accurate ...