A new treatment for severe blockages in coronary arteries is available, and experts say the first patient to receive it was at St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center in Roslyn. There, interventional ...

Cardiovascular disease affects 315 million people globally and is the world’s leading cause of death. For the past quarter-century, it has been standard practice for heart surgeons to treat this by ...

Ischemic heart disease affects more than 18 million Americans, making it the leading cause of death nationwide. This condition occurs when coronary arteries become narrowed or blocked, restricting ...

When the arteries that supply blood to the heart become narrowed or clogged, the condition is known as Coronary Artery Disease (CAD). It makes it difficult for the blood to flow to the heart muscle.

When Sarah and Michael Oliveri went to their 20-week ultrasound for their third pregnancy, they thought to knew what to expect. Their previous visit had been stressful — doctors had detected an ...

When someone suffers a heart attack and survives, the race is on to limit damage to their heart muscles. There will ...

Many people who receive one stent will need additional stents, but as the number of devices in the heart increases, so do the risks of serious complications. If a coronary artery has become narrowed, ...

A person with RBBB typically does not have symptoms and may not know they have the condition. On rare occasions, a person may faint due to a severe block, though this is unlikely to occur unless other ...

Decisions on heart stenting consider multiple medical factors beyond blockage levels. In Bangalore, angioplasty costs vary.