The left main coronary artery arises from the left coronary cusp and bifurcates into the left anterior descending (LAD) and the left circumflex coronary arteries. Since the left main supplies a ...

Ischemic heart disease, also known as coronary artery ... If you have several blocked arteries or your left main coronary artery is severely narrowed, you may require coronary bypass surgery ...

The following is a summary of “Percutaneous coronary intervention of the left main coronary artery bifurcation: Insights from the PROGRESS-BIFURCATION registry,” published in the December 2024 issue ...

High risk (score < -11) indicates 5-year survival of 65%. In high-risk patients, 74% had 3-vessel or left main occlusive coronary disease on angiography.

Post-PCI LVEF recovery varies by CAD type, with STEMI patients showing the most significant survival benefits.

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is common in patients with cirrhosis, but cirrhosis itself is not significantly associated with an increased CAD risk, according to a review published online Nov. 21 ...

The field of coronary artery disease saw its share of negative trials in 2024, but also got new guidelines, and a truce between interventionalists and surgeons. One long-awaited trial stood out: ...

This classification adds optional suffixes for other high-risk features at the end of the classification symbols (in this classification LM was used for left main and CA for calcium). However ...

The vessels that feed the heart are called coronary arteries (shown in the diagram right) and they branch off from the body’s main artery ... Narrowing of the arteries is called coronary artery ...

Stents may help certain patients with coronary artery disease Stents are also a form ... treatment options with your doctor. If the left main artery to your heart is blocked, or if you have ...