Although coronary computed tomographic angiography (CTA) improves diagnostic certainty in the assessment of patients with stable chest pain, its effect on 5-year clinical outcomes is unknown. In an ...

For decades, the coronary angiogram has been considered the gold standard for detecting blocked arteries that cause a heart attack. When patients are told their angiogram is “normal”, it often brings ...

Ischemic heart disease is a major cause of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The role of immediate coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the treatment of patients who have ...

An angiogram is a medical procedure of detecting blockage in the arterial system using a special contrast material and x-ray imaging system. An angiogram, also called coronary angiography, is a part ...

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the number one cause of death in men and women. CAD is caused by atherosclerotic plaques developing in the coronary arteries. Many therapies have been shown to ...

For decades, a clean coronary angiogram has been considered reassuring, almost synonymous with a healthy heart. But cardiologists are now warning that this assumption can be dangerously misleading. A ...