Background: Coronary artery aneurysm seen in patients undergoing coronary angiography is an uncommon ... ticagrelor and a bolus of intravenous (IV) heparin. An emergent left heart catheterization and ...

The 3D CT data set can be evaluated by various post-processing techniques. Multiplanar reconstructions allow visualization of any cross-section through the volume. Oblique as well as curved cross ...

In the vast majority of patients with angina, their symptoms are caused by typical coronary artery disease (CAD), in which an atherosclerotic plaque is partially obstructing a coronary artery. In ...

Obstructive coronary artery disease (OCAD) is a type of heart disease. It occurs when plaque builds up in the large coronary arteries. OCAD can lead to complications, including heart attacks.

Participants were randomized 1:1 to either a QFR-guided strategy or FFR-guided strategy, using a concealed web-based system and stratified by diabetes and presence of a left anterior descending ...

while unfeasible access was defined as the inability to visualize the coronary artery. “I think one point that needs to be mentioned is the [choice of] coronary catheter was left at the operator ...

CAG revealed the presence of lesions in the left anterior descending artery (LAD) in 104 (48.6%) patients, the LAD lateral branch (diagonal) in 17 (8%), the circumflex artery (CX) in 70 (32.7%), the ...