Pages tagged: coronary artery disease

Progress made in African American Patients, but disparity remains. Clinical researchers at the Texas Heart Institute have taken an in-depth...

Dear Kara: Your son’s condition (anomalous origin of right coronary artery from left sinus) is not rare and the majority...

In most instances, ischemic heart disease, i.e., coronary artery disease and/or coronary heart disease, is a result or consequence of...

Dear Kelly: We have a protocol. We do intracoronary ultrasound, both baseline and during Dobutamine infusion. It is a simple...

Balloon angioplasty is normally done before the stent is implanted to allow smooth passage of the stent.

CT Angio for coronaries only tells you exactly what you see – calcium. Everything needs a clinical correlation which your...

Dear Hugh, Cardiomyopathies (CMP) can be divided into 2 types: Ischemic (due to coronary artery disease and hear attacks (myocardial...

The type of chest pain is important. If it is a tightness in the chest with effort or emotion relieved...

Thanks for the question.  I do not know your risk factors for heart disease.  Your neck pain may not be...

Tina, Valve sclerosis has been shown to correlate with the presence of coronary artery disease and an overall higher risk...

The “widowmaker” is an expression describing the complete closure of the left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery. The LAD is...

The LIMA has the best long term patency and effects late survival better than any other treatment for coronary artery...