The patient is a 53 year old man, smoker, dyslipidemia presented with post infarction angina and underwent coronary angiogram. He had h/o Anterior Myocardial Infarction 7 days earlier and was ...

A 52 year old male, hypertensive, diabetic gentleman was admitted into our hospital with complaints of typical angina. He was hemodynamically stable with dynamic ST-T changes in anterolateral leads ...

Interv Cardiol. 2013;5(1):93-100. One of the more common scenarios that present a challenge for cardiac surgeons when evaluating therapy options includes: the diffuse triple vessel disease patient ...

Angioplasty and stent placement are common procedures to open arteries in the heart that are clogged. These procedures are formally known as coronary angioplasty or percutaneous coronary intervention.

A 60 year old Caucasian male presented with an acute coronary syndrome in October 2003. He had a history of hypertension, tobacco use, dyslipidemia and a family history of coronary artery disease. The ...

A stent thrombosis is a blood clot that forms within a coronary stent. It can be a complication of stent placement to open a narrowed artery. A coronary stent is a mesh tube that opens a narrowed or ...