Medically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MD Coronary artery disease (CAD) occurs when there's a blockage in the arteries that carry blood and oxygen to the heart muscle. CAD is the most common type of ...

Cardiac CT angiograms take detailed images of the heart and can show dangerous blockages in a person's arteries.

Coronary heart disease occurs when your heart’s major blood vessels become damaged or diseased. These blood vessels or arteries narrow or harden due to a buildup of plaque, a type of fatty deposit.

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 ...

Atherosclerosis (hardening of your blood vessels due to a buildup of plaques made from fat, cholesterol, calcium, and other substances) causes coronary artery disease (CAD) and peripheral artery ...

A recent prospective study carried out in Korea and the US investigated the location of plaque ruptures in native coronary arteries with the use of three-vessel intravascular ultrasound (IVUS).

Heart blockages, or coronary artery disease, occur when the arteries supplying blood to the heart narrow due to fatty deposits, cholesterol, and other substances forming plaques. These blockages ...

A 2016 study by the Journal of the American Heart Association involving over 5,000 adults found that those who got the most calcium from food had a lower risk of heart problems. This helps control ...

Oct. 30, 2024 — Chronic, low-level lead poisoning is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease in adults and cognitive deficits in children, even at levels previously thought to be safe ...

Results from the large-scale randomized ECLIPSE trial found that a lesion preparation strategy of routine orbital atherectomy had similar outcomes compared with conventional balloon angioplasty prior ...