BACKGROUND: Elevated plasma levels of Lp(a) [lipoprotein(a)] are a causal risk factor for coronary heart disease and stroke ...

The posterior communicating artery is located in the back of the head at the back end of the circle of Willis. The circle of Willis is a band of arteries at the base of the brain that connects the ...

The next morning, a cardiologist appeared at her bedside. He suspected she'd had a heart attack caused by a spontaneous coronary artery dissection. SCAD happens when a coronary artery wall ...

The next morning, a cardiologist appeared at her bedside. He suspected she'd had a heart attack caused by a spontaneous coronary artery dissection. SCAD happens when a coronary artery wall suddenly ...

A study from Stanford researchers identifies the CXCL12 gene as a crucial regulator of the posterior descending artery’s development in the human heart. The findings ... natural variation in coronary ...

To supply oxygenated blood to the back of the heart, the posterior descending artery branches off from one of those main arteries. For an estimated 80% of humans, that artery comes from the right ...

What if a person suffers a heart attack in a remote village and the local health centre doesn’t have a cardiologist or the infrastructure to do an angioplasty — a procedure to remove blood clots from ...