However, the coronary calcium score wouldn’t be my first choice. A coronary calcium score looks for calcium deposits in the blood vessels to the heart, and high levels do make CAD more likely.

In subsequent years, I received six more stents and another angioplasty for blockages over 90%. Most of these were in the right coronary artery.

Doctors use coronary CT angiography (CTA) to diagnose narrowed or blocked arteries in the heart. A CTA exam receives a score from mild (0-1) to moderate (2-3) to severe (4-5).

It was a CTO -- one of the most serious heart blockages. Mr. Mukesh underwent angioplasty at a top hospital in Mumbai. For ...

Thomas Maddox: When we think about coronary artery disease we often think about severe blockages that cause chest pain, that are blocking 70% or more of the artery. And when we find those we can ...

Currently approximately 20 per cent of patients having an angiogram are diagnosed with chronic total occlusions. Of this number, less than 10 per cent have angioplasty, with approximately 25 per ...

In a few cases, the blockages are so severe that a decision is made to go directly into surgery, where one or more grafts can be placed to bypass the blockages found on the angiogram.

A new study shows that a non-invasive imaging test can help identify patients with coronary artery blockage or narrowing who need a revascularization procedure. The findings were published as a ...