Even a mild infection with COVID-19 can promote clogged arteries, increasing the risk of heart attack in some people, a new ...

The heart muscle needs oxygen-rich blood to do its job. The vessels that feed the heart are called coronary arteries (shown in the diagram right) and they branch off from the body’s main artery, the ...

Even a mild infection with COVID-19 can promote clogged arteries, increasing the risk of heart attack in some people ...

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 ...

The finding, published in Circulation Research, fills in an important gap in our understanding of how coronary arteries ...

CAD also frequently leads to heart failure. Coronary artery disease is the most common cause of death in the United States. The atherosclerotic process in the coronary arteries may be clinically ...

Coronary artery bypass surgery is a procedure to treat coronary heart disease. There are various types, including multiple bypass and minimally invasive. The medical name for coronary artery or ...