Background Clinical benefit of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in chronic coronary syndromes (CCS) remains ...

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD—STEMI patients with good coronary collateral circulation undergoing PCI are more likely to be alive at 2 years and have better cardiac function when compared with STEMI patients ...

The 2024 European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Guidelines on the management of chronic coronary syndromes (CCS) include a focus on both larger and smaller blood vessels of the heart; new models to ...

The coronary circulation consists of the blood vessels that supply blood to, and remove blood from, the heart. The vessels that supply blood high in oxygen to the heart are known as coronary arteries.

A small new study adds to the evidence that microplastics can accumulate in the body and are tied to higher levels of ...

People who suffered a serious heart attack had higher levels of micro- and nanoplastics in their blood compared with patients ...

A 70-year-old woman with an acute myocardial infarction presented with ventricular fibrillation and SCAD of an obtuse marginal branch of the left circumflex artery (Panel A, bracket). Computed ...

Plastic pollution may be reaching the heart through the bloodstream, and people suffering the most severe form of heart ...

Study findings suggest that smoking, and potentially air pollution, might make it easier for micro- and nanoplastics to enter the blood stream via the lungs.

Italian researchers have uncovered a striking association between tiny plastic particles circulating in coronary blood and ...