Coronary artery disease (CAD), also called coronary heart disease (CHD), ischemic heart disease (IHD), myocardial ischemia, or simply heart disease, involves...
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The coronary arteries are the arterial blood vessels of coronary circulation, which transport oxygenated blood to the heart muscle. The heart requires...
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A coronary CT calcium scan is a computed tomography (CT) scan of the heart for the assessment of severity of coronary artery disease. Specifically, it...
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Atherosclerosis (redirect from Coronary Arteriosclerosis)
result in coronary artery disease, stroke, peripheral artery disease, or kidney disorders, depending on which body part(s) the affected arteries are located...
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Coronary artery bypass surgery, also known as coronary artery bypass graft (CABG, pronounced "cabbage"), is a surgical procedure to treat coronary artery...
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coronary artery disease. The procedure is used to place and deploy coronary stents, a permanent wire-meshed tube, to open narrowed coronary arteries....
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heart, it is called coronary artery disease (CAD), and in the brain, it is called cerebrovascular disease. Peripheral artery disease most commonly affects...
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of a coronary arterial stent. Inflammation may play a causal role in coronary artery disease and subsequent myocardial infarction due to coronary thrombosis...
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A coronary occlusion, or coronary artery disease, is the partial or complete obstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery. This condition may cause...
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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is any disease involving the heart or blood vessels. CVDs constitute a class of diseases that includes: coronary artery diseases (e.g...
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Myocardial infarction (redirect from Coronary artery occlusion)
heartbeat, cardiogenic shock or cardiac arrest. Most MIs occur due to coronary artery disease. Risk factors include high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes, lack...
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Coronary circulation is the circulation of blood in the arteries and veins that supply the heart muscle (myocardium). Coronary arteries supply oxygenated...
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The disease is the leading cause of acquired heart disease in children in developed countries, which include the formation of coronary artery aneurysms...
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In the blood supply of the heart, the right coronary artery (RCA) is an artery originating above the right cusp of the aortic valve, at the right aortic...
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Coronary artery aneurysm is an abnormal dilatation of part of the coronary artery. This rare disorder occurs in about 0.3–4.9% of patients who undergo...
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Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a syndrome (a set of signs and symptoms) due to decreased blood flow in the coronary arteries such that part of the heart...
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Angina (category Ischemic heart diseases)
commonly a symptom of coronary artery disease. Angina is typically the result of partial obstruction or spasm of the arteries that supply blood to the...
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Variant angina (redirect from Coronary vessel spasm)
Prinzmetal angina, vasospastic angina, angina inversa, coronary vessel spasm, or coronary artery vasospasm, is a syndrome typically consisting of angina...
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Angioplasty (redirect from Coronary artery balloon dilation)
A coronary angioplasty is a therapeutic procedure to treat the stenotic (narrowed) coronary arteries of the heart found in coronary heart disease. These...
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vessels as a lymphaticovenous malformation. Coronary artery disease – the most common of the cardiovascular diseases, types include angina, and myocardial infarction[citation...
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Cardiac arrest (redirect from Coronary artery atheroma)
the specific mechanism in each case. Structural heart disease, such as coronary artery disease, is a common underlying condition in people who experience...
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Coronary artery ectasia is a rare disease that occurs in only 0.3-4.9% of people in North America. Coronary artery ectasia is characterized by the enlargement...
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circulation through the coronary arteries. Coronary ischemia is linked to heart disease, and heart attacks. Coronary arteries deliver oxygen-rich blood...
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A coronary stent is a tube-shaped device placed in the coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart, to keep the arteries open in patients suffering...
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Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an uncommon but potentially lethal condition in which one of the coronary arteries that supply the heart...
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extent of occlusion in the coronary arteries, usually in order to diagnose coronary artery disease. CTA is superior to coronary CT calcium scan in determining...
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Cardiology (section Coronary artery disease)
and treatment of congenital heart defects, coronary artery disease, heart failure, valvular heart disease, and electrophysiology. Physicians who specialize...
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Arteriosclerosis (category Vascular diseases)
understanding speech, and problems seeing. If affecting coronary vessels, as in coronary artery disease (including acute myocardial ischemia or a "heart attack")...
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could be indicative of coronary artery disease. Stress testing does not accurately diagnose all cases of coronary artery disease, and can often indicate...
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Drug-eluting stent (section Coronary interventions)
of narrowed arteries in the heart (coronary artery disease), but also elsewhere in the body, especially the legs (peripheral artery disease). Over the...
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