As the degree of coronary artery disease progresses ... When the myocardium becomes ischemic, it does not function optimally. When large areas of the myocardium becomes ischemic, there can ...

A new study found that cannabis users under the age of 50 are about 6.2 times more likely to experience a heart attack than ...

In addition to causing several types of cancer, human papillomavirus (HPV) appears to bring a significantly increased risk of heart disease and coronary artery disease, according to a study being ...

The increased coronary artery vessel wall thickness was independently associated with elevated left ventricular mass index ...

If one or more of the coronary arteries develops a blockage it prevents your heart from getting the blood and oxygen that it needs to function properly. CABG can often be combined with and performed ...

Atherosclerotic coronary artery disease (CAD) affects the coronary arteries, which deliver blood to the myocardium. CAD symptoms include stable angina, reviewed here, and acute coronary syndromes ...

Signals from the epicardium are essential for fetal coronary lymphangiogenesis. VEGFC and VEGFD produced by the epicardium ...

When heart function deteriorates over years ... The most common cause of congestive failure is coronary artery disease—narrowing of the arteries supplying blood to the heart muscle.

Type 1 MI is “caused by atherothrombotic coronary artery disease and usually precipitated ... impaired systolic and diastolic left ventricular function with end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP ...

Researchers developed a polygenic risk score that examines genes associated with EC function to identify individuals with higher CAD risk. Coronary artery disease (CAD), or the narrowing of the ...

Oncology nurses play essential roles in the emerging field of cardio-oncology, which aims to protect patients’ heart function ...