Background A 10-year-old boy presented with a history of severe angina on exertion. A two-dimensional echocardiogram showed mild asymmetric left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy localized to the ...

Minimally invasive bypass surgery and coronary-artery stenting are both accepted treatments for isolated stenosis of the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery. We compared the clinical ...

A 74-year-old woman with a history of hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and non–Q-wave myocardial infarction presented with exertional angina that had worsened over the course of the preceding month ...

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 ...

Medical treatment was as effective as surgery for patients with moderate to severe isolated stenosis in the proximal left anterior descending artery who had fractional flow reserve (FFR) of 0.80 or ...

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 ventricular ...

Background A 34-year-old postpartum woman presented at hospital with chest pain. She had experienced an uneventful delivery of a healthy infant and had no known coronary risk factors.

Medically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MDMedically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MD A widowmaker heart attack is a type of heart failure in which the heart's biggest artery, the left anterior ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A53-year-old male presented with chest pain at a pre-hospital care provider, and an ECG showed an anterior MI.

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an increasingly recognized cause of myocardial infarction (MI) representing 35% of acute coronary syndromes in women aged 50 years or younger and is ...