The coronary arterial system is composed of three compartments with different functions, although the borders of each compartment cannot be clearly defined anatomically 2 (Figure 1). The proximal ...

Photo Credit: Adapted from Prasad M. Case in a Box: Step-by-step Approach to Assessment of Microvascular Disease in an INOCA Patient. Presented at: TCT 2023. San Francisco, CA. For patients with ...

Endothelial cells residing in the coronary arteries can function as cardiac stem cells to produce new heart muscle tissue, investigators have discovered. The heart has long been considered to be an ...

In a pilot study of people living with HIV or high levels of cholesterol, researchers found that a six-week course of a cholesterol-lowering medication improved the function of the coronary arteries ...

In a pilot study of people living with HIV or high levels of cholesterol, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers found that a six-week course of a cholesterol-lowering medication improved the function of ...

In patients with angina with nonobstructive coronary arteries (ANOCA), routine ad hoc coronary function testing (CFT) during initial invasive angiography combined with a disease-specific treatment ...

The pathological complications of atherosclerosis, namely heart attacks and strokes, are preceded by endothelial dysfunction. Endothelial cells line every avenue of blood flow in the body, working to ...

A specific pattern of proteins in the blood may reflect an increased risk of hereditary atherosclerosis. This is shown in a ...

The fat cells that surround coronary arteries may play a central and previously unrecognized role in development of cardiovascular disease, according to a study by University of Iowa researchers. Dr.