Clogged heart arteries, medically known as coronary artery disease, represent one of the most serious cardiovascular conditions affecting millions of people worldwide. When arteries that supply blood ...

Researchers have uncovered new details about the mechanism by which new arteries form in the heart, potentially informing development of novel therapeutic interventions for cardiac ischemia. A team of ...

A team in the labs of Holger Gerhardt and Norbert Hübner at the Max Delbrück Center have elucidated how new arteries form, potentially helping to improve therapies aimed at regenerating heart muscle ...

The septum of the heart is a wall of tissue that separates the left and right sides of the heart and enables blood to flow as it should. It consists of the atrial septum and the ventricular septum.

A recently published study demonstrated that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can infect the coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart. These arteries are the ones involved in a ...

A simple ultrasound scan of blood vessels in the neck could help detect men at increased risk of heart attack and stroke.

Stroke and heart attack are life-threatening conditions that require emergency medical attention, but they differ in the affected organ and symptoms.

Coronary artery aneurysm (CAA) is when a section of the coronary artery widens to more than 1.5 times the size of nearby sections. It can lead to a heart attack, rupture of the affected artery, and ...

When we think of heart disease, we tend to think of the big symptoms like chest pain, a heart attack or a stroke but our ...

Palm Beach County Medical Examiner said in its report that Bader “died from coronary atherosclerosis due to arteriosclerotic ...