A heart problem rarely arrives very silently. Chest discomfort, breathlessness, or an abnormal stress test can suddenly bring unfamiliar medical terms into everyday conversations. Among the most ...

Angiography involves the use of x-ray imaging to examine blood vessels. The images generated during an angiography procedure are known as angiograms. First, a needle is placed into the femoral artery.

One-year success rates from angioplasty procedures to open clogged arteries in the legs were significantly higher among patients whose procedures were guided by intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) ...

Although coronary computed tomographic angiography (CTA) improves diagnostic certainty in the assessment of patients with stable chest pain, its effect on 5-year clinical outcomes is unknown. In an ...

Immediate angiography, rather than the standard computed tomography (CT scan), reduced stroke treatment time and was linked to improved recovery, according to late-breaking science presented today at ...

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is increasingly used for revascularization of unprotected left main coronary artery disease. Whether intravascular ultrasonographic (IVUS) guidance during PCI ...

Healthcare professionals use MRIs to get images of internal organs and tissues, while MRAs help them to check blood vessels in detail. Both an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) and MRA (magnetic ...

Heart disease remains one of India’s biggest health challenges, with rising cases of coronary artery disease affecting people at younger ages than ever before. Yet despite increasing awareness around ...

PARIS, France—In patients with ACS and complex lesions, the incidence of adverse events is lower when OCT rather than angiography is used to guide PCI, according to a subanalysis of the OCCUPI trial.

Pulmonary angiography is an X-ray procedure that looks at the blood vessels leading to and from your lungs. The X-rays produced are called pulmonary angiograms, which may show blood clots in and ...