Medically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MDCoronary artery disease (CAD) occurs when there's a blockage in the arteries that carry blood and oxygen to the heart muscle. CAD is the most common type of ...

Treating coronary artery disease patients with monotherapy using clopidogrel or ticagrelor was associated with lower rates of ...

In patients with multivessel coronary artery disease, coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) offers significant advantages over percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in terms of rate of repeat ...

BARCELONA -- Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) did not improve outcomes for ischemic cardiomyopathy patients with substantial atherosclerotic coronary artery disease in the first few years ...

More extensive stenting improved coronary perfusion and reduced myocardial injury among high-risk patients with spontaneous coronary artery dissection, but was linked to elevated risk for ...

Serruys PW, Morice M-C, Kappetein AP, et al. Percutaneous coronary intervention versus coronary-artery bypass grafting for severe coronary artery disease. N Engl J Med 2009;360:961-972. Crossref ...

Patients enrolled in the study, known as FLAVOUR, had intermediate coronary artery stenosis, which means that their coronary artery—the major artery supplying blood to the heart—was 40–70% ...

In patients with coronary artery disease who are being evaluated for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), procedures can be guided by fractional flow reserve (FFR) or intravascular ultrasonogr ...

Compared to patients without CKD, those with CKD had higher 3-year rates of the primary end point (composite of death, myocardial infarction, or stroke [20.8 vs 13.5%; hazard ratio, 1.60]).

PCI capacity in the U.S. has increased over recent decades, despite a lower prevalence of coronary artery disease and a decreasing absolute number of inpatient PCI procedures, potentially contributing ...