The history, ECG, age, risk factors, and troponin (HEART) score was developed as a rapid risk stratification tool. It has ...

We found that high-volume exercise (>3,000 MET-min/week) was associated with a greater burden of subclinical coronary atherosclerosis — measured by coronary artery calcium score and coronary CT ...

ANEURYSMS of the coronary arteries are decidedly uncommon. They comprise congenital, mycoticembolic, syphilitic, polyarteritis-nodosa, arteriosclerotic and dissecting types. Of these, arteriosclero ...

The goal of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is to improve blood flow to your heart. The heart is a muscle about the size of your fist. Your heart pumps blood and oxygen to all of the organs and ...

Coronary artery disease, CAD, is a condition where the arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle become clogged and narrow, making it difficult for blood and oxygen to reach the muscles of ...

The majority of adjudicated events were coronary revascularisations (10.3% Repatha; 13.6% placebo), followed by myocardial infarction (2.1% Repatha; 2.9% placebo).

Learn about vasospasm—a sudden artery narrowing that can affect the brain, heart, and extremities. Explore its causes, symptoms, and effective treatments.

Dissection may be limited to the coronary sinus, may extend to the proximal ascending aorta or, in the worst scenario, could extend beyond the ascending aorta (Table 3). [29] ...

Cardiovascular diseases remain the primary cause of death in developed countries. In most cases, exploration of possibly underlying coronary artery pathologies is performed using X-ray coronary ...

But Don says he does value Kay’s caregiving — including the many hours she’s spent with him in hospitals, tracking every drug and procedure and, he says, warding off disaster. She’s helped him through ...

This is a brief perspective review of some personal observations on the normal and abnormal anatomy of the human coronary arteries. Since it is possible to cover in detail but a few aspects of such a ...

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 ...