Pharmacologic treatment was offered to 11 (38%) patients and 3 (10%) patients underwent coronary artery surgery (bypass grafting in 2 and unroofing in 1). Septal reduction therapy was performed in 8 ...

The dorsalis pedis artery supplies oxygenated blood to the dorsal (upper) side of the foot. It originates at the anterior tibial artery in the leg, runs across the top of the foot and ankle bones, and ...

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.

The ECLIPSE trial failed to show that orbital atherectomy prior to DES implantation is superior to conventional PCI without atherectomy. Patients with calcified coronary lesions were randomized to ...

Alexandria Nyembwe is a registered nurse and health writer. She has worked in street medicine serving populations experiencing homelessness in Skid Row Los Angeles as well as in cardiovascular ...

Finally, scRNAseq on human fetal hearts indicated that human development closely matched that in mice, and provided additional insights into human coronary artery development. Based on our results, we ...

Exercise testing and coronary angiography were repeated after a year. Patients were followed on an intention-to-treat basis; 47 subjects in each group completed the initial and follow-up angiograms.