Background— Limited information is available on long-term outcomes for patients with unprotected left main coronary artery disease who received drug-eluting stents (DES). Methods and Results— In the ...

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

Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2012;10(12):1497-1516. A circumflex RAA also causes a vascular ring, by echo showing RAA branching pattern and a thoracic descending aorta in the left side of the ...

Stable coronary artery disease (CAD) is caused by a variable combination of organic coronary stenosis and functional coronary abnormalities, such as coronary artery spasm and coronary microvascular ...

Introduction The natural history of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) due to basilar artery occlusion (BAO) is poor. Endovascular reperfusion therapy (EVT) improves recanalization rates in patients with ...

Background Reduced cerebrovascular reserve (CVR) is associated with increased risk of ischemic events in carotid steno-occlusive diseases. Objective To determine whether pretreatment CVR can predict ...

OBJECTIVE To study the effects of coronary occlusion and collateral supply on left ventricular (LV) function during beating heart coronary artery surgery. DESIGN Prospective intraoperative study, ...

Objectives Compare the diagnostic performance of stress echocardiography (SE) and myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) for the diagnosis of left main disease (LM) and triple vessel disease (TVD).

1 Introduction Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is among the most efficacious strategies for managing coronary heart disease. The surgical outcome is significantly impacted by the patency of the ...

Objective Blood pressure (BP) lowering may increase stroke risk in patients with symptomatic major cerebral artery disease and impaired perfusion. To investigate the relationships among BP, impaired ...