Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most prevalent form of heart disease, affecting approximately 18 million adults in the ...

Chest pain is the major symptom of patients with coronary heart disease. Agents that release nitric oxide (NO) within the body can help to treat such angina pectoris attacks because NO dilates ...

A blocked coronary artery causing an acute heart attack must be opened immediately with a stent procedure. However, if other ...

The right coronary artery supplies blood to a part of the heart. To do this effectively, it branches off into smaller arteries, such as the conus artery and the sinoatrial nodal branch. Each branch ...

In a new study of more than 40,000 patients, researchers at Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City have found that patients ...

How much is the more dangerous soft plaque that could rupture and cause a heart attack or stroke? Budoff is one of a ...

A considerable body of evidence indicates that elevated resting heart rate is an independent, modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular events and mortality in patients with coronary artery disease.

A new testing protocol identifies patients whose chest pain is heart-related even though their main heart arteries look ...

Coronary heart disease (CHD), also called coronary artery disease, is the most prevalent form of heart disease, contributing to more than 95% of total cardiovascular disease prevalence in India. Heart ...

Heart disease is a catch-all phrase for a variety of conditions that affect the heart’s structure and how it works. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. About 695,000 ...

A specific pattern of proteins in the blood may reflect an increased risk of hereditary atherosclerosis. This is shown in a ...