Women with the most serious form of angina – CCS Class IV – are significantly more likely to develop severe coronary artery disease than men with angina. Subscribe today for unlimited access to 6,000+ ...

The cardiology world has adopted ‘acute coronary syndromes’ as an umbrella term for both acute myocardial infarction and unstable angina. The reason for this change in terminology is the recognition ...

The American Journal of Nursing (AJN) is the oldest and largest circulating nursing journal in the world. The Journal's mission is to promote excellence in professional nursing, with a global ...

Recent data suggest that almost 10% of patients who undergo coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) are readmitted to hospital within 30 days of surgery. Patients who lack primary care follow-up have ...

We randomly assigned patients at increased risk for perioperative cardiac complications and clinically significant coronary artery disease to undergo either revascularization or no revascularization ...

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An AHA scientific statement provides a framework for coronary revascularization in older adults, focusing on individualized care and patient preferences.

The right coronary artery supplies blood to a part of the heart. To do this effectively, it branches off into smaller arteries, such as the conus artery and the sinoatrial nodal branch. Each branch ...

A coronary angiography is a test that doctors use to look at the coronary arteries. A coronary angiography may help diagnose certain heart conditions. The coronary arteries bring oxygenated blood to ...