Your heart already has its own built-in bypass system that predicts whether the heart muscle is alive or dead - according to ...

A new method for determining whether patients with heart disease need coronary stents or bypass surgery is more effective than the angiogram, which is currently used, according to research from ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic researchers discovered it is safe -- and much more convenient and less costly -- for many patients to undergo coronary angiography and elective valve surgery on the ...

Every year in this country, a million and a quarter people undergo a cardiac angiogram, a test to look for blockage in heart arteries. The long standard way to do this works well, but has a big ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: My mom was just admitted to the hospital with chest pressure. She had just lost her husband of 62 years last week, and she initially thought this was just stress. They said she might ...

Angiography diagnoses blocked heart arteries, while angioplasty treats them - a distinction many patients still misunderstand ...

When a Cardiologist tells you that you have“90 percent blockage,” the mind goes straight to fear. Most families immediately ask three questions. Is this a heart attack. Do I need a stent right now.

A new method for determining whether patients with heart disease need coronary stents or bypass surgery is more effective than the angiogram, which is currently used, according to research from ...