The study covered in this summary was published in medRxiv.org as a preprint and has not yet been peer-reviewed. In the first study to describe the magnitude of coronary microvascular collateral ...

Bracco, the market leader in diagnostic imaging and the pioneer in cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) for more than ...

Assessment of myocardial perfusion by use of MRI can detect coronary artery disease (CAD) by revealing areas of reduced perfusion, which indicate the presence of arterial stenoses. Compared with 1.5 T ...

Patients who receive cardiac positron emission testing (PET) imaging instead of single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) scan experienced a significant increase in the detection of severe ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a prospective cohort study of patients hospitalized with HF with preserved ejection fraction, a majority of ...

Eleven children with KD (nine boys, two girls; age, 8.6 ± 6.1 y; range, 0.5–16.1 y) were studied with 123 I-MIBG and stressed 201 Tl (either exercise or dipyridamole stress) single-photon emission ...

Diffuse coronary artery disease is a subtype of coronary artery disease (CAD) in which larger sections of coronary arteries have a high plaque buildup. It is less common than focal CAD and can be more ...

Nonobstructive coronary artery disease (CAD) occurs when the coronary arteries have a plaque buildup but remain unblocked. Experts usually view it as less severe than obstructive CAD. However, ...

Heart disease, specifically coronary disease, is a common health issue affecting around 18 million American adults. The coronary arteries play a vital role in supplying the heart muscle with essential ...

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a type of heart disease that occurs when your coronary arteries don’t supply enough blood to your heart. CAD often develops because of a waxy substance buildup called ...

There’s an old myth that heart disease is a “man’s disease.” The truth is this: It’s the leading cause of death for both women and men in the U.S. If you’re a woman, you’re just as likely as a man to ...