Coronary flow reserve (CFR) is a key sign of coronary artery disease, namely how the coronary arteries that feed blood to the heart may adapt to various physiological situations such as exercise, ...

Cardiogenic shock is characterized by depression of cardiac function that leads to low blood pressure, coronary ischemia, and further decreased cardiac contractility resulting in tissue hypoxemia. The ...

One in five deaths in the U.S. is due to heart disease, according to federal health experts. A computerized scan of the heart ...

April 11 (UPI) --A newly developed, non-invasive imaging test can help identify which patients with coronary artery blockage or narrowing need angioplasty or a bypass procedure, a U.S. study published ...

Coronary steal syndrome is a condition in which blood is taken from a narrowed artery in the heart and rerouted to — in other words, stolen by — other blood vessels. This condition can occur when some ...

Hypertension can affect your mind, heart, eyes and more, often without causing any obvious symptoms at all.

When the heart has to work harder to pump blood through stiffer, narrower arteries, high blood pressure can develop.