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The newest, state-of-the-art CT scanner takes over 550 pictures. The 3D images with contrast detect blockages in the coronary ...
A discussion of a challenging case of renal artery denervation for resistant hypertension. Hypertension (HTN) is estimated to ...
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair has undergone a remarkable transformation over the last 2 decades, primarily driven by ...
A 65-y-old woman with multiple cardiovascular risk factors presented with atypical chest pain, prompting a 1-d pharmacologic stress myocardial perfusion test using 99mTc sestamibi. Initial ...
St. Luke’s University Health Network now offers a proven, noninvasive diagnostic option for people with suspected heart ...
The major thrust of current diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for coronary artery disease has overwhelmingly focused on late-stage atherosclerosis—ie, obstructive coronary artery disease—and its ...
For decades, the clinical approach to coronary artery disease has been centred on the acute effects of coronary occlusion and its culmination in myocardial ischaemia—a focus that has shaped both ...
He suspected she'd had a heart attack caused by a spontaneous coronary artery dissection. SCAD happens when a coronary ... "Everything's gonna be all right," said Nefertari, her eyes filling with ...
The trial seeks to enrol up to 158 subjects with moderate-to-severely calcified, stenotic de novo coronary artery lesions. Credit: Pixel-Shot / Shutterstock. Johnson & Johnson (J&J) MedTech’s ...
Also called myocardial ischemia, ischemia of the heart is most often caused by plaques in the coronary ... CT. Springer Singapore; 2020:1-8. Additional Reading Anderson JL, Halperin JL, Albert NM, et ...
Coronary artery calcium scoring is being used more routinely and we’ve launched an AI protocol to automatically quantify coronary calcium from non-cardiac CT scans. We’ve also developed a ...