Coronary flow in the LAD, however, was nearly Thrombolysis ... Cross section of the mid-left anterior descending artery showing an intramural dissection between the outer media and adventitia ...

The left anterior descending coronary artery (a.k.a. LAD, interventricular artery or the “widow maker”) supplies the anterior, anterolateral, anteroapical and apical segments of the left ...

National Wear Red Day raises awareness about the number 1 killer of women, cardiovascular disease. One mom shares her story ...

More women are prone to spontaneous coronary artery dissection or SCAD—a life-threatening heart condition that occurs when ...

The right coronary artery can also be involved causing an inferior myocardial infarction. Rupture of the ascending aortic dissection into the pericardium can cause a rapid pericardial effusion ...

The 3D CT data set can be evaluated by various post-processing techniques. Multiplanar reconstructions allow visualization of any cross-section through the volume. Oblique as well as curved cross ...

After pericardiocentesis, cardiac catheterization demonstrated traumatic dissection of the left anterior descending coronary artery with older thrombi, which was then treated by implantation of a ...

In November 2023, the 46-year-old survived a spontaneous coronary artery dissection, or SCAD — a less common type of heart attack that disproportionately affects women. "I started having intense ...