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Atherosclerosis can create life-threatening blockages in the arteries of your heart, without you ever feeling a thing. Learn more from WebMD about coronary artery disease.
Coronary artery spasms are a medical condition where your artery temporarily either blocks off or decreases blood flow to your heart. Learn about what brings them on, how they're treated, and more.
A waiter brings drinks to customers at a coffee shop in Yangon, Myanmar. A new study finds that drinking three to five cups a coffee a day is associated with lower rates of coronary artery calcium.
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 is the most common cause of death for men and women in the United States, according to the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute.
An anomalous coronary artery (ACA) is a congenital abnormality that occurs in about 1% of people. Some abnormalities do not have symptoms, while others can cause complications and sudden cardiac ...
Learn about whether it is possible to reverse coronary artery disease and how to slow its progression. This article also discusses remedies and treatments.
Arterial switch to the 12 o'clock position is associated with abnormal coronary perfusion in adolescence, reveals research presented today at EuroCMR 2016.1 Babies born with transposition of the ...
Stents and coronary artery bypass surgery are no more effective than intensive drug treatment and better health habits in preventing millions of Americans from heart attacks and death, a large ...
Rainmed Medical Ltd.'s coronary angiography-derived fractional flow reserve system (caFFR system) was approved by Australia’s TGA for precision diagnosis of coronary artery diseases.
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 ...
Having a coronary artery calcium (CAC) score of zero has generally been accepted as a marker of a very low risk of having a cardiac event within the next five years. However, age is a strong ...