... use is, it is more than offset by a decrease in the risk of developing restenosis [renarrowing of a coronary artery after angioplasty] and the attendant risk of a procedure to treat that restenosis."
... attack and who is not," said Dr. Budoff. "Previous studies found coronary arterial calcium scans were effective tools ... artery calcium scan. Among these research volunteers, 3,570 were age 70 or older ...
... who had undergone cardiac catheterization and who had been found to have at least one significant blockage in a coronary artery. A majority of these patients (52 percent) underwent coronary stent ...
... have demonstrated that the concentration of total homocysteine in blood is associated with risk of coronary artery disease and stroke," the authors provide as background information. Plasma total ...
... noninvasive method of cardiac imaging will effectively detect stenosis – a constriction or narrowing – of the coronary arteries which can lead to heart attacks and may require surgery to repair," Dr. ...
Coronary artery disease is emerging as an important cause of sudden death in individuals under age 40 in western Quebec, according to a new study.
... The wealth of information that we can now obtain will undoubtedly improve our ability to understand coronary artery disease and may allow cardiologists to diagnose and treat plaque before it leads to ...
... everybody with diabetes is at the same risk. The extent to which high glucose damages the coronary arteries seems to be genetically determined."
According to Dr. Doria, the findings may someday help ...
A common genetic variant associated with an increased risk of coronary artery disease in the general population is also linked to an even higher risk for people with diabetes, particularly those with ...
... (81 percent).
This time they looked at the connections between sleep duration and coronary artery calcification. They found more than they anticipated.
Previous studies have correlated decreased ...
Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) should remain the “standard of care” for patients with complex coronary artery disease, concludes the SYNTAX study. Improved technology is making it possible to ...
... important message regarding dual targets for prevention of coronary artery disease," says Adnan K. Chhatriwalla, ... 89 mm Hg in patients with established coronary artery disease," comment Jonathan Tobis, ...
New data show that patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) who achieve very low levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol along with normal systolic ...
... Dr. Zhang.
This new technology offers promising results for the diagnosis of stenosis in the major coronary arteries, although "more research needs to be done to further improve the accuracy of the ...
... is often disagreement between the professions of cardiology and cardiac surgery about the proper therapy for coronary artery disease (CAD)—and this can harm the patient. In the current edition of ...
