Medically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MDMedically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MD Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common type of heart disease. CAD occurs when the arteries that supply ...

That feeling of crushing pain in your chest can be a medical emergency, but it can also be angina pectoris, or "stable angina"—a symptom of coronary heart disease that can be managed with medication.

Angina pectoris is the most common manifestation of myocardial ischaemia and is often a consequence of coronary artery disease (CAD). Coronary angiography revolutionised the diagnosis and management ...

PARIS, France—Stable CAD patients who have angina with typical features are more likely than those who do not to achieve symptom relief from PCI, according to an analysis of data from the ORBITA-2 ...

PARIS -- Whether a person had chest pains resolved by angioplasty hinged on the nature, not the severity, of their presenting symptoms, an ORBITA-2 analysis showed. Investigators found two groups more ...

Stents are like scaffolding that keep narrowed arteries open. These devices have been revolutionary in treating heart attacks where their use has increased year on year and countless lives have been ...