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A coronary occlusion, or coronary artery disease, is the partial or complete obstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery. This condition may cause a...

a balloon, guidewire, and stent) within the coronary artery to 'crush' the plaque causing the occlusion into the walls of the artery. Balloon angioplasty...

Coronary artery disease (CAD), also called coronary heart disease (CHD), ischemic heart disease (IHD), myocardial ischemia, or simply heart disease, involves...

formation, intraluminal thrombi can occlude arteries outright (e.g., coronary occlusion), but more often they detach, move into the circulation, and eventually...

angiocardiography allows the recognition of occlusion, stenosis, restenosis, thrombosis or aneurysmal enlargement of the coronary artery lumens; heart chamber size;...

circulation, the system of arteries and veins in mammals Coronary artery disease Coronary occlusion A myocardial infarction, a heart attack Referring to the...

Coronary vasospasm refers to when a coronary artery suddenly undergoes either complete or sub-total temporary occlusion. In 1959, Prinzmetal et al. described...

"Direct assessment of coronary steal and associated changes of collateral hemodynamics in chronic total coronary occlusions". Circulation. 106 (4):...

Coronary artery bypass surgery, also known as coronary artery bypass graft (CABG, pronounced "cabbage"), is a surgical procedure to treat coronary artery...

cardiac arrest. Arterial occlusion is diagnosed by exercise testing, ultrasonic duplex testing, and multi-detector coronary tomography angiography. Meanwhile...

Akcay, Murat (July 2018). "Evaluation of thrombotic left main coronary artery occlusions; old problem, different treatment approaches". Indian Heart Journal...

et al. (2003). "Assessment of adenosine-induced coronary steal in the setting of coronary occlusion based on the extent of opacification defects by myocardial...

heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops in one of the coronary arteries of the heart, causing infarction (tissue death) to the heart muscle...

to that area. Some other reasons for these lines include trauma, coronary occlusion, hypocalcaemia, and skin disease. They may be a sign of systemic disease...

major coronary artery, but this is often mild or not in proportion to the degree of their symptoms. Persons who have atherosclerosis-based occlusion that...

treat the occlusion(s). Information regarding the health and anatomy of the broader coronary blood supply can also be evaluated; as coronary vasculature...

PMID 21359519. Dash D (2016). "Guidewire crossing techniques in coronary chronic total occlusion intervention: A to Z". Indian Heart Journal. 68 (3): 410–20...

assess the extent of occlusion in the coronary arteries, usually in order to diagnose coronary artery disease. CTA is superior to coronary CT calcium scan...

interventricular branch of the left coronary artery. The name widow maker may also apply to the left coronary artery or severe occlusions to that artery. This term...

Left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO), also referred to as left atrial appendage closure (LAAC), is a procedure used to reduce the risk of blood clots...