For decades, the coronary angiogram has been considered the gold standard for detecting blocked arteries that cause a heart attack. When patients are told their angiogram is “normal”, it often brings ...

WASHINGTON, DC — Yet another study, this one investigating the VA healthcare system in the US, has found wide variations between hospitals in terms of how many of the angiograms they perform turn up ...

TORONTO, ON — New data from Ontario show that almost 42% of patients with suspected coronary artery disease (CAD) who underwent a diagnostic angiogram within a 17-hospital network were found to have ...

Non-cardiac chest pain remains a widespread symptom especially in western countries with a significant economic burden. Patients with chest pain and abnormal electrocardiographic (ECG) but normal ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Stress tests are a thing of the past. Make way for coronary CT angiography. Wide-eyed medical students might ...

A coronary angiography is a test that doctors use to look at the coronary arteries. A coronary angiography may help diagnose certain heart conditions. The coronary arteries bring oxygenated blood to ...

Unrecognized MI Prevalent in Older Adults, Ups Mortality Patients who experience acute chest pain, and have nonobstructive coronary artery disease, as determined by coronary computed tomographic ...

TCT 1319: HD-IVUS Guided Tip Detection-Antegrade Dissection and Re-entry (TD-ADR) for CTO PCI: First Experience Using Commercially Available Equipment Available in North America Receive the the latest ...

Cardiac syndrome X, a special subform of non-cardiac chest pain with abnormal electrocardiographic but normal coronary angiogram, originates mostly from disorders of the esophagus and stomach. A ...

Coronary angiography is a test to see if you have a blockage in a coronary artery. A contrast dye is injected into your arteries through a catheter, while your doctor watches how blood flows through ...