Minimally invasive bypass surgery and coronary-artery stenting are both accepted treatments for isolated stenosis of the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery. We compared the clinical ...

Medically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MDMedically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MD A widowmaker heart attack is a type of heart failure in which the heart's biggest artery, the left anterior ...

Background Delays in performing urgent coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery are increasing across the UK, with ...

Background A 27-year-old woman was admitted to hospital with a 1-year history of mild dyspnea. Investigations Physical examination, chest radiography, electrocardiography, transthoracic ...

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There is an emerging convergence between atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and cancer, driven by shared risk factors and overlapping pathophysiologic mechanisms. Traditional factors, such as ...

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Relationship between the pre-operative background enhancement coefficient under MRI of breast cancer and recurrence of postoperative chest wall. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2017 ASCO ...

Preventive cardiologists have a wonderful tool for noninvasively identifying plaque (atherosclerosis) in the arteries to the heart: the coronary artery calcium (CAC) scan. Since 1/3 of Americans die ...