Background The reported prevalence and burden of coronary artery disease in young adults varies markedly in published studies ...

A study published in European Heart Journal looks at microplastics and nanoplastics in the coronary circulation after a heart attack and air pollution exposure. Prof Alun Hughes, Professor of ...

Roughly 30 of the total cases of heart attack are silent heart attacks As the name suggests these are caused silently with no ...

Heart disease is one of the leading causes of death across the world, which makes it important to find new ways to reduce the ...

The findings should lead to changes in practice, David Cohen says, but as seen in the setting of PCI, “old habits die hard.” ...

The Zetrix Layer-1 public blockchain platform is set to serve as the underlying protocol for the public blockchain of the Philippines, following the signing of a landmark Memorandum of Understanding ( ...

In the prehospital setting, hemodynamic instability presents a major diagnostic challenge for emergency medical teams, as rapid differentiation between underlying causes is often required in the ...

Importance/background The 12-lead ECG is recommended in clinical guidelines for prehospital assessment of patients with ...

Among patients with atrial fibrillation and predominantly chronic coronary syndrome undergoing PCI with intravascular imaging ...

Cardiac or coronary catheterization and angiograms are medical procedures that allow doctors to examine the inside of the heart and arteries. Cardiac catheterization involves a doctor inserting a long ...

In a small European study, people who’d suffered a serious heart attack were more likely to have micro- and nanoplastics in their blood. Looking at about 60 people, scientists found the tiny plastics ...