can obscure the view and are preferably removed. The left coronary artery originates at the left sinus of Valsalva, and soon bifurcates into the left anterior descending (LAD, or anterior ...

Coronary artery bypass surgery is a procedure to treat coronary heart disease. There are various types, including multiple bypass and minimally invasive. The medical name for coronary artery or ...

The histologic changes in the coronary arteries in full-term fetuses, infants, and children of 211 consecutive necropsy specimens from Ashkenazy, Yemenite, and Bedouin groups were studied, excluding ...

False positive reduction is performed by limiting the detected lesions to plausible CAC location and size. Figure 1. Overview of the proposed method for coronary artery calcium (CAC) detection in CCTA ...

BACKGROUND: The optimal coronary stenting technique for true left main bifurcation lesions is uncertain. EBC MAIN (European ...

Compared to the uninfected patients, the plaque volumes grew faster in SARS-CoV-2 patients. Lesions in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection had a higher incidence of developing into high-risk ...

What is an ACA in a child? An anomalous coronary artery (ACA) is a heart defect. This is something your baby is born with (congenital). In ACA, the blood vessels that supply blood to your child’s ...

DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING Tertiary referral centre. PATIENTS 53 consecutive patients with ⩾ 70% stenosis of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) and regional ventricular ...

This common scenario presents a diagnostic conundrum whereby angina occurs but there is no obstructive CAD (ischaemia and no obstructive coronary artery disease—INOCA ... Stress transthoracic Doppler ...

Existing options for managing heavily calcified coronary arteries during PCI such as balloon angioplasty may not be effective in fracturing severe calcifications. By using sonic waves to fracture ...

This procedure can be used to treat calcified coronary arteries during percutaneous coronary intervention. This is because it works well and there are no serious concerns about its safety in this ...