(Virani SS, et al. Circulation. 2023;62a.) Many types of congenital variations of the coronary arteries exist. Although most are benign, an anomalous coronary artery that passes between the aorta ...

suggesting a promising new strategy for the treatment of coronary artery disease. In the study, published in Circulation Research, the researchers showed that boosting levels of a sphingolipid ...

BACKGROUND: Shared genetic and lifestyle risk factors may underlie the development of both coronary artery disease (CAD) and dementia. We examined whether an increased genetic risk for CAD is ...

Most people have right-dominant hearts—which to a doctor or a researcher means they have an artery that extends from the ...

Coronary arteries supply blood to the heart muscle. If these become blocked by fatty material and plaque, the result is coronary heart disease. If a coronary artery is blocked, the blood supply to ...

Having a coronary artery calcium (CAC) score of zero has generally been accepted as a marker of a very low risk of having a ...

THE role of lipids as predictors of coronary heart disease has become of considerable interest during the past two decades. Many individual lipids, such as the serum cholesterol, phospholipid and ...

a condition that clogs coronary arteries with fatty, calcified plaques. Irregular heart rhythm -- arrhythmia -- is when your heart doesn't keep up a good beat. Learn what it means here.

Coronary artery disease, CAD, is a condition where the arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle become clogged and narrow, making it difficult for blood and oxygen to reach the muscles of ...