The major thrust of current diagnostic and therapeutic strategies for coronary artery disease has overwhelmingly focused on late-stage atherosclerosis—ie, obstructive coronary artery disease—and its ...

For decades, the clinical approach to coronary artery disease has been centred on the acute effects of coronary occlusion and its culmination in myocardial ischaemia—a focus that has shaped both ...

The trial seeks to enrol up to 158 subjects with moderate-to-severely calcified, stenotic de novo coronary artery lesions. Credit: Pixel-Shot / Shutterstock. Johnson & Johnson (J&J) MedTech’s ...

Johnson & Johnson said Monday it has enrolled the first patient in a pivotal study of a device for clearing “difficult-to-cross” coronary arteries ... that must cross the blocked part of the artery to ...

J&J’s new pivotal study in coronary artery disease, dubbed FORWARD CAD, will test a cardiac-focused version of the Javelin as a first-line treatment for narrowed, calcified vessels to make way ...

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an increasingly recognized cause of acute coronary syndrome or sudden cardiac death, primarily affecting relatively young women (median age, 51 years) ...

jhu.edu Background The association of physical activity with the development and progression of coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores has not been studied. This study aimed to evaluate the prospective ...

gmail.com Objective To investigate the association between regular coffee consumption and the prevalence of coronary artery calcium (CAC) in a large sample of young and middle-aged asymptomatic men ...

Strokes caused by an artery tear are landing five times as many Americans in the hospital these days, a new study says. Cervical artery dissection involves a small tear in the inner lining of an ...

Cervical artery dissection is a tear in an artery in the neck that provides blood flow to the brain. Such a tear can result in blood clots that cause stroke. A new study has found almost a five ...

A new Lancet Commission proposes reframing coronary artery disease as a lifelong condition, prioritising early detection, prevention and treatment. Traditionally, coronary artery disease has been ...

However, a new approach to determining risk and selecting a statin is the use of the coronary artery calcium (CAC) score, which is determined by taking a low-radiation dose image of the heart ...