Coronary artery disease, CAD, is a condition where the arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle become clogged and narrow, making it difficult for blood and oxygen to reach the muscles of ...

Having a coronary artery calcium (CAC) score of zero has generally been accepted as a marker of a very low risk of having a cardiac event within the next five years. However, age is a strong ...

Some notable studies have found a correlation between earlobe creases and coronary artery disease. But the predictive value of an earlobe crease is debated and other risk factors, like smoking ...

The Duke Treadmill Score (DTS) is a point system to predict 5-year mortality based on treadmill ECG stress testing in patients without known coronary artery disease. The Duke Treadmill Score is ...

Prinzmetal’s angina — also known as variant angina or angina inversa — occurs with coronary artery vasospasm resulting in myocardial ischemia. The smooth muscle in the coronary wall ...

J&J’s new pivotal study in coronary artery disease, dubbed FORWARD CAD, will test a cardiac-focused version of the Javelin as a first-line treatment for narrowed, calcified vessels to make way ...

Using intravascular imaging (IVI) to guide stent implantation during complex stenting procedures is safer and more effective for patients with severely calcified coronary artery disease than ...

Advances in technology have improved the diagnosis and management of coronary artery disease (CAD), but physicians still face challenges identifying the progression of CAD in patients and the most ...

Overall, the results showed that HPV-positive patients had a 40% higher likelihood of developing cardiovascular disease and twice the risk of developing coronary artery disease compared with HPV ...

Johnson & Johnson (J&J) MedTech’s Shockwave Medical has commenced the multicentre, prospective FORWARD CAD investigational device exemption (IDE) study of the Javelin coronary intravascular ...