An international team of scientists has uncovered nearly a dozen genes linked to the buildup of calcium in coronary arteries, ...

The left circumflex coronary artery arises from the left main coronary artery and supplies the lateral and inferolateral segments of the myocardium. In approximately 10% of individuals the left ...

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 aortic valve is made up of three triangular flaps of tissue called cusps that open and close to keep blood flowing in only one direction . Sometimes, the aortic valve opening narrows – a ...

Transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography revealed a mobile mass on the right coronary cusp of the aortic valve. Multislice CT demonstrated a significant narrowing in the proximal left ...

We carried out cardiac computed tomography (CT) to exclude anomalies of the heart and coronary vessels ... heart at the level of the mitral valve cusps. Tubular defects in the ventricular septum ...