Another method for upregulating the arginine/ADMA ratio is by increasing the concentration of the arginine precursors, citrulline or glutamine. These compounds may influence the competitive ...

FFR-guided PCI is a class I recommendation by ESC guidelines for complex coronary scenarios 2 and focuses on treating only ischaemia-causing lesions, optimising revascularisation completeness. Its ...

To address this, numerous studies have attempted to integrate photoacoustic technology with endoscopic ultrasound to provide more detailed information about tissue vasculature, thereby improving ...

In a study published in Nature Communications, Lewis Zhichang Shi, M.D., Ph.D., and University of Alabama at Birmingham colleagues show, for the first time, how HIF1α in T cells is key for ...

Although sex differences in coronary artery disease (CAD) risk have been observed, little is known about the role of sex hormones in CAD genetics. Accounting for sex hormone levels may help identify ...

Objective: To explore whether radiomics analysis of pericoronary adipose tissue (PCAT) captured by coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) could discriminate unstable angina (UA) from stable ...

Background: Danshen [Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (Lamiaceae; Salviae miltiorrhizae radix et rhizoma)] class injections (DSCIs) are widely used in the treatment of coronary heart disease (CHD). However, ...

Marlieke Visser; Walter J. Paulus; Mechteld A.R. Vermeulen; Milan C. Richir; Mariska Davids; Willem Wisselink; Bas A.J.M. de Mol; Paul A.M. van Leeuwen ...

The diagram shows four phases of coronary blood flow in the left coronary artery during one complete cardiac cycle. During which of the following phase(s) shown in the diagram is the left ventricle ...

Atherosclerosis causes the smooth, elastic lining of the coronary arteries to become hard, stiff, and swollen because of plaque. These are deposits of calcium, fats, and abnormal inflammatory cells ...