The heart muscle needs oxygen-rich blood to do its job. 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, the ...

One of the most common signs that arteries might be blocked is chest pain, often called angina. People often describe it as a ...

During a coronary artery bypass, the diseased sections of your coronary arteries are bypassed with healthy artery or vein grafts to increase blood flow to the heart muscle tissue. This procedure is ...

Coronary artery disease, CAD, is a condition where the arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle become clogged and narrow, making it difficult for blood and oxygen to reach the muscles of ...

CAD also frequently leads to heart failure. Coronary artery disease is the most common cause of death in the United States. The atherosclerotic process in the coronary arteries may be clinically ...

Blood clots can form both in the heart's chamber (intracardiac thrombosis) and the coronary arteries that feed the heart (coronary artery thrombosis).A blood clot in the heart's chambers can break ...