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The left coronary artery originates at the left sinus ... which also collects blood from the (inter-)ventricular groove. MO=marginal branch; RV/LV=right/left ventricle Multislice computed ...
A coronary artery calcium score of zero indicates essentially no advanced coronary plaques. A score of 1-99 indicates a mild case of plaque, a score of 100-299 a moderate case, and a score of 300 ...
The TECTONIC Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) Intravascular Lithotripsy (IVL) clinical trial will enroll up to 335 people in 47 sites in the US. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common heart ...
Using intravascular imaging (IVI) to guide stent implantation during complex stenting procedures is safer and more effective for patients with severely calcified coronary artery disease than ...
J&J’s new pivotal study in coronary artery disease, dubbed FORWARD CAD, will test a cardiac-focused version of the Javelin as a first-line treatment for narrowed, calcified vessels to make way ...
Right aberrant subclavian artery, also called arteria lusoria, is one of the most common intrathoracic arterial anomalies. Although mostly asymptomatic, the retroesophageal and retrotracheal ...
The study shows that, compared with lean animals, obesity significantly impacts echocardiographic findings, infarct size, circulating biomarkers, mitochondrial respiratory capacity and mortality ...
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an increasingly recognized cause of acute coronary syndrome or sudden cardiac death, primarily affecting relatively young women (median age, 51 years) ...
The posterior wall is supplied by the posterior descending artery. The PDA branches from the right coronary artery in 80% of people (those who are right coronary dominant); therefore, occlusion of ...
The trial seeks to enrol up to 158 subjects with moderate-to-severely calcified, stenotic de novo coronary artery lesions. Credit: Pixel-Shot / Shutterstock. Johnson & Johnson (J&J) MedTech’s ...