Left main coronary artery (LMCA) disease can lead to what's known as a "widowmaker" heart attack, so-called because of the ...

More than a quarter of people with a deadly form of heart disease may be missed following current tests, according to ...

Here are the top tips on correctly identifying a heart attack and helping quickly during an emergency, according to cardiologists.

But Don says he does value Kay’s caregiving — including the many hours she’s spent with him in hospitals, tracking every drug and procedure and, he says, warding off disaster. She’s helped him through ...

The left coronary artery continues at the anterior side of the heart between the right and left ventricle. Several diagonal branches cross the left ventricular anterior wall (Figure 2).

This artery sends blood to the outer side and back of the heart. Right coronary artery. This artery sends blood to the right side of the heart. This includes the right ventricle, the right atrium, and ...

In contrast, no diagonal branches are seen on the anterolateral free wall of the ventricle and no posterior branch issuing from the left circumflex artery. (B) Lateral view angiogram showing ...

The patient was transferred to the cardiology ward for coronary angiography, which revealed that the anterior descending branch was divided into many small arteries like a ponytail (Figure 2 and ...

Anomalous origin of the right coronary artery (RCA) from the ascending aorta (high take-off) is uncommon. The prevalence of this anomaly is reported as 0.006% to 0.17%. 1 1 Eren B, Türkmen N, ...

What is anomalous coronary artery intervention? Anomalous coronary artery intervention is a procedure to fix a problem with the coronary artery. An anomalous coronary artery may have an irregularity ...

Doctors use minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting to treat a blockage in one of the arteries of your heart. It involves making small incisions in your chest and, often but not always ...

A widowmaker heart attack is a type of heart failure in which the heart's biggest artery, the left anterior descending (LAD) artery, is completely blocked. The LAD supplies a significant portion of ...