Using intravascular imaging (IVI) to guide stent implantation during complex stenting procedures is safer and more effective ...

Plaque is deep deposits of cholesterol and a blockage of blood flow to the heart could lead to a heart attack. CHD is ...

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

More than 60 million American women have heart disease. "The statistics haven't improved enough," a women's heart doctor told ...

A new study found that cannabis users under the age of 50 are about 6.2 times more likely to experience a heart attack than ...

Swedish researchers have identified genetic variants that increase the risk of atherosclerosis. The aim is for these new ...

The signs of a dangerous blood clot can vary depending on its location. Some people may also not experience any symptoms.

A new study by researchers at Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City aims to determine the best method to screen and evaluate ...

Johnson & Johnson and Boston Scientific have also recently made moves to sell their own coronary intravascular lithotripsy ...

Compared with other studies, the differences in outcomes between percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and coronary artery ...

Abbott will be trying its hand in the growing field of intravascular lithotripsy, with a clinical study to examine an unnamed ...

The findings of the new study are important because as cholesterol-laden plaques in the heart's coronary arteries age, they attract calcium. "We found that a zero-plaque burden is not only highly ...