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Key points A 56-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a 2-day history of central chest pain and dyspnea. Her medical history included having had a myocardial infarction (MI) with n ...

Endothelial cells residing in the coronary arteries can function as cardiac stem cells to produce new heart muscle tissue, investigators have discovered. The heart has long been considered to be an ...

In a pilot study of people living with HIV or high levels of cholesterol, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers found that a six-week course of a cholesterol-lowering medication improved the function of ...

In patients with angina with nonobstructive coronary arteries (ANOCA), routine ad hoc coronary function testing (CFT) during initial invasive angiography combined with a disease-specific treatment ...

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Individuals with coronary artery disease (CAD)—a constricting or blocking of blood vessels feeding the heart—face increased ...

Six-week course of PCSK9 inhibitor, a cholesterol-lowering medication, found to improve the function of the coronary arteries that provide oxygen to the heart. PCSK9 inhibitor, lowers the activity of ...

Coronary atherosclerosis severity is significantly associated with decreased renal function, according to researchers. A team led by Toshiaki Nakano, MD, PhD, of the Graduate School of Medical ...