He needed a stent to keep the artery open and blood flowing. But when his doctor tried to place it, he couldn't. Matt's ...

The left anterior descending coronary artery (a.k.a. LAD, interventricular artery or the “widow maker”) supplies the anterior, anterolateral, anteroapical and apical segments of the left ...

"Widowmaker" is an informal term describing a type of heart attack that is particularly dangerous and potentially fatal, as ...

The left main coronary artery arises from the left coronary cusp and bifurcates into the left anterior descending (LAD) and the left circumflex coronary arteries. Since the left main supplies a ...

The 3D CT data set can be evaluated by various post-processing techniques. Multiplanar reconstructions allow visualization of any cross-section through the volume. Oblique as well as curved cross ...

Having a coronary artery calcium (CAC) score of zero has generally been accepted as a marker of a very low risk of having a ...

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 ...

Interv Cardiol. 2013;5(1):93-100. One of the more common scenarios that present a challenge for cardiac surgeons when evaluating therapy options includes: the diffuse triple vessel disease patient ...