Silent graft occlusion after coronary artery bypass grafting is detected before hospital discharge and is linked to ...

In approximately 10% of individuals the left circumflex coronary artery is considered dominant and it supplies a left posterior descending artery. This is considered a “left dominant” system.

Anatomical variants and anomalies of the coronary tree studied with MDCT coronary angiographyVarianti anatomiche e anomalie del circolo coronarico mediante angiografia coronarica TCMS, La ...

After elaborate tests had shown that the blood-starved muscle was dependent on flow from a branch of the patient’s left circumflex artery, Dr. Bailey opened the man’s chest, snipped some ribs ...

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI): A minimally invasive procedure employed to open narrowed or blocked coronary arteries, often involving stent placement. Acute Myocardial Infarction and ...

The acute coronary syndromes include unstable angina, non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction and ST segment elevation myocardial infarction. The terms “transmural,” “non-transmural ...

Findings include: Low incidence (2.1%) of in-hospital major adverse cardiac events (MACE) without significant changes over time. High prevalence of prior PCI (62%), prior coronary artery bypass ...

TCT 1033: An Iatrogenic Circumflex Coronary Occlusion Post-Mitral Valve Surgery: Procedural and Management Considerations. Presenter: Po Fun Chan. October 31, 2016.

The coronary collateral circulation protects the myocardium when blood flow is reduced because of an occlusion. In this Review, Zimarino and colleagues discuss the development of collateral ...

Left main coronary artery (LMCA) disease can lead to what's known as a "widowmaker" heart attack, so-called because of the ...