Long-term exposure to air pollution might contribute to clogged arteries and heart disease, a new study says. People with ...

A large study links long-term air pollution, even at low levels, to more advanced heart disease risk in women.

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD—STEMI patients with good coronary collateral circulation undergoing PCI are more likely to be alive at 2 years and have better cardiac function when compared with STEMI patients ...

Multivessel coronary artery disease is any form of coronary artery disease (CAD) that affects several major arteries. CAD is the most common type of heart disease in the United States, and in ...

Nonobstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) occurs when the coronary arteries have a plaque buildup but remain unblocked. Experts usually view it as less severe than obstructive CAD. However, ...

This explains why middle-aged beginners should undergo cardiac screening and build fitness gradually. Suddenly plunging into ...

Heart disease rarely arrives without warning. The problem is that many of those warnings are subtle, easy to ignore, or mistaken for everyday exhaustion. Coronary artery disease (CAD), the most common ...

Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is an umbrella term for a range of conditions that cause reduced blood flow to your heart. Acute coronary syndrome symptoms may vary, but the underlying cause is a ...

A 70-year-old woman with an acute myocardial infarction presented with ventricular fibrillation and SCAD of an obtuse marginal branch of the left circumflex artery (Panel A, bracket). Computed ...

Coronary artery spasms temporarily tighten the arteries that wrap around your heart. Your coronary arteries are blood vessels that supply blood and oxygen to your entire heart muscle. The artery walls ...

The aetiology of luminal thrombosis in native coronary arteries is predominately plaque rupture, but can also be surface erosion and, least frequently, calcified nodules The main precursor lesion with ...