Aneurysms of the Sinus of Valsalva (ASOV) are rare heart conditions, affecting about 0.09% of the general population and 0.1 ...

What Is Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia? Sinus tachycardia is when your body sends out electrical signals to make your heart beat faster. Hard exercise, anxiety, certain drugs, or a fever can ...

Acute coronary syndromes are sudden episodes of reduced or no blood flow and therefore oxygen delivery to part of the heart, usually as a result of narrowing or blockage of an artery.

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a serious condition that can have life-altering complications if it is not treated. Lifestyle changes such as exercise and smoking cessation, which can reverse the ...

Traditionally, coronary angiography was restricted to visual estimation of contrast-filled lumen in coronary obstructive diseases. Over the previous decades, considerable development has been made in ...

An hourglass-shaped stent (Shockwave Reducer; Shockwave Medical) designed to narrow the coronary sinus and improve blood flow shows promise for improving angina, quality of life, and coronary ...

Coronary artery disease (CAD) can reduce people’s life expectancy. However, this depends on various factors, including the severity of the condition, treatment efficacy, and whether the person ...

Quantitative coronary plaque analysis (QCPA) is an emerging tool that allows noninvasive quantification and characterization of coronary atherosclerosis on the basis of coronary computed tomography ...

Of these patients, 7,967 had a CAC score of zero, meaning they had no calcified plaque in their coronary arteries. Of this group, women on average were older than men (60.5 years for women, 53.8 ...

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a heart condition that develops when the arteries (blood vessels) supplying the heart with oxygen become narrowed or blocked due to plaque buildup in the arteries.