Despite the global implementation of clinical algorithms designed to predict atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease based on ...

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer A new study found heart attack deaths dropped almost 90% in 50 years, but chronic heart disease rose.Conditions like hypertensive heart disease, heart failure, and ...

Background The concept of non-atherosclerotic coronary artery pathology in sudden cardiac death (SCD) has not been given the attention it deserves. Objective To determine the incidence of ...

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 ...

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 ...

The availability of the only drug eluting stent currently approved in the USA has been limited, so that operators often resort to the deployment of multiple undersized stents and post-stenting high ...

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 ...

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 ...