Coronary arteries play an important role in circulating blood within your body. Specifically, these arteries send blood straight to your heart, thus maintaining your myocardial functions and ...

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a type of heart disease that occurs when your coronary arteries don’t supply enough blood to your heart. CAD often develops because of a waxy substance buildup called ...

Researchers found that peri-coronary adipose tissue attenuation (PCAT), a marker of coronary inflammation, is independently associated with coronary artery disease (CAD) in young adults. Adding PCAT ...

Moreover, having PAD often suggests that atherosclerosis is affecting other vital arteries, including those leading to the heart and brain. Coronary artery disease is a type of atherosclerosis ...

A large new study of more than 40,000 patients from heart researchers at Intermountain Health in Salt Lake City finds that a zero coronary artery calcium score continues to be an accurate ...

The problem is, even though one or more coronary arteries that feed the heart muscle are clogged by 80%, and sometimes more, there may be no symptoms, and an EKG, a test to check one's heartbeat ...