Superimposed structures, such as the atria and appendages, pulmonary trunk, and cardiac veins, can obscure the view and are preferably removed. The left coronary artery originates at the left ...

Medically reviewed by Alicen Nelson MD, MPH When the wall of a blood vessel breaks, a blood clot forms to "plug" the wound ...

However, the coronary arteries are much harder to see ... they travel there from veins in the legs. These blood clots can break apart and "embolize" or travel out of the heart chamber, leading ...

Your heart pumps blood and oxygen to all of the organs and tissues of the body through a network of “pipes” called arteries and veins. The heart muscle needs oxygen-rich blood to do its job. The ...

Matthew Thompson, a cardiac physician assistant at Saint John's Medical Center in Los Angeles, has the mind of a scientist but the skilled and steady hands of an artist. On this day, Thompson's ...

During a coronary artery bypass, the diseased sections of your coronary arteries are bypassed with healthy artery or vein grafts to increase blood flow to the heart muscle tissue. This procedure is ...

Signals from the epicardium are essential for fetal coronary lymphangiogenesis. VEGFC and VEGFD produced by the epicardium ...

Blood travels around the body in tubes called arteries, veins or capillaries Arteries ... the pulse rate before and after exercise. Coronary heart disease is the term that describes what happens ...

A new diagnostic tool at OU Health in Oklahoma City is helping doctors uncover and treat coronary microvascular disease.