A heart problem rarely arrives very silently. Chest discomfort, breathlessness, or an abnormal stress test can suddenly bring ...

India, April 22 -- Heart disease in women often presents differently compared to men, making diagnosis and treatment more complex. When arteries supplying blood to the heart become blocked, doctors ...

In what is believed to be the first randomized placebo-controlled trial of its kind, patients with a chronic total blockage of a coronary artery who received a nonsurgical procedure to reopen the ...

Medical procedures for coronary artery disease include angioplasty, which uses balloons and stents to open blocked arteries, and bypass surgery, which creates new pathways around blockages using ...

Old blood clots in lung arteries can obstruct blood flow and lead to pressure build-up in the affected arteries. When this happens, symptoms such as shortness of breath, fatigue, chest pain, and ...

Angioplasty was traditionally done down the groin of a man or woman. These days, many hospitals encourage wrist angioplasty, also known as radial angioplasty, over the more conventional procedures as ...