Healio2y
Left Anterior Descending (LAD)
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 ...
Healio2y
Left Main Coronary Artery
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 ...
Verywell Health on MSN5mon
Widowmaker Heart Attack: Emergency Symptoms and Treatment
The left anterior descending artery is usually the largest coronary artery, feeding over half of the heart with blood. The ...
Medscape6d
Three-Dimensional Coronary Anatomy in Contrast-Enhanced Multislice Computed Tomography (MSCT)
Within the anterior interventricular groove, the GCV runs parallel to the LAD, from the apex toward the heart base. At the bifurcation of the left coronary artery, the GCV makes a 90° turn and ...
EurekAlert!1d
Low coronary artery calcium score is associated with an excellent prognosis regardless of a person’s age, new study finds
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 indicator of ...
Indiatimes21d
7 early signs that indicate your heart arteries are blocked
and blocked heart arteries (also known as coronary artery disease) are a major reason for this. The good news is that if you notice the signs early, you can take action to improve your health and ...
Baylor College of Medicine1y
Coronary Artery Disease and Coronary Bypass Surgery
The goal of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is to improve blood flow to your heart. The heart is a muscle about the size of your fist. Your heart pumps blood and oxygen to all of the organs and ...
WebMD2y
Heart Disease Resource Center
Most heart attacks are the end result of coronary heart disease, a condition that clogs coronary arteries with fatty, calcified plaques. Irregular heart rhythm -- arrhythmia -- is when your heart ...
Crain's Chicago Business5d
Abbott gets green light for clinical trials of new heart treatment system
Johnson & Johnson and Boston Scientific have also recently made moves to sell their own coronary intravascular lithotripsy ...
Science Daily5d
Growing body of evidence links HPV with heart disease
In addition to causing several types of cancer, human papillomavirus (HPV) appears to bring a significantly increased risk of heart disease and coronary artery disease, according to a new study.
New evidence suggests HPV could increase risk of coronary artery disease
In addition to causing several types of cancer, human papillomavirus (HPV) appears to bring a significantly increased risk of heart disease and coronary artery disease, according to a study being ...