For decades, the clinical approach to coronary artery disease has been centred on the acute effects of coronary occlusion and ...

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

For decades, the management of coronary artery disease has focused on epicardial obstruction and ischaemia, which is often recognised too late for long-term intervention. This approach limits the ...

However, when a blood clot in the heart travels and lodges in, or embolizes to, the coronary artery, it causes a ... clot in the heart depends on its location. Intracardiac thrombus, a blood ...

The goal of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is to improve blood flow to your heart. The heart is a muscle about the size of your fist. Your heart pumps blood and oxygen to all of the organs and ...

Coronary artery bypass grafting is a more invasive procedure where surgeons use blood vessels from another part of the body ...

Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window Equipped with knowledge of their coronary artery calcium (CAC) scan results and a statin prescription, patients were ...