Researchers found that peri-coronary adipose tissue attenuation (PCAT), a marker of coronary inflammation, is independently ...

Men who participate in high-volume endurance exercise have greater atherosclerotic risk vs. nonathletes and women who ...

An earlobe crease is a diagonal fold that is usually appears at a 45° angle. Some notable studies have found a correlation between earlobe creases and coronary artery disease. But the predictive ...

Sudden narrowing of the coronary arteries—called coronary artery spasms—can lead to chest pain (angina), heart attacks, and ...

It starts early in life and by middle age, can be very advanced. The problem is, even though one or more coronary arteries that feed the heart muscle are clogged by 80%, and sometimes more ...

These types are called coronary stents. Usually made of metal mesh, they’re put into arteries after a procedure to expand the artery called a percutaneous coronary intervention or, its more ...

Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is the most common heart disease and most frequent cause of death in the U.S., with over 20 million adults affected by this condition Abbott's investigational ...

Undaunted by skepticism, Ornish proceeded with a group of patients awaiting coronary artery bypass surgery who underwent a radical change in lifestyle. All their meals were specially prepared ...

Coronary artery calcium tests are one the newer tools doctors can use to predict a person's chances of developing cardiovascular problems. "It's a very simple test," Dickerson said. "It's a CT ...