The widowmaker heart attack lives up to its ominous name. Cardiologists break down the risks, symptoms, and heart-smart tips ...

Critics say a new, broader definition of high-risk plaque opens the door to more tests, diagnoses, and invasive procedures, steering us down a potentially harmful path.

An individual may develop a rupture of an atheromatous plaque at any stage of the spectrum of coronary artery disease. The acute rupture of a plaque may lead to an acute myocardial infarction ...

Playboy model Katie May died in February after a visit to the chiropractor left her with a torn artery in her neck Writer-Reporter, PEOPLE Playboy model Katie May died after a visit to the ...

and aneurysmal formation with relevant risk of rupture. The purpose was to present our experience with six patients with a symptomatic aberrant right subclavian artery, two patients with dysphagia ...

Circulation. 2019;2b-d). Type 1 MI is “caused by atherothrombotic coronary artery disease and usually precipitated by atherosclerotic plaque disruption (rupture or erosion),” while a type 2 MI ...

A YOUNG and healthy dad nearly died after suffering a stroke when an artery ruptured in his neck - caused by a sneeze. Ian Applegate was sitting in his car with his wife Jennifer and their four ...