An angiogram is a diagnostic procedure for identifying blood vessel issues, often indicated by symptoms like persistent chest pain, shortness of breath, or fainting. Experts suggest it can detect ...

Ever since the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) gave priority to coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) as the test of choice for patients presenting with recent-onset ...

Heart attacks are becoming more common in young people specially in Indian context where data has shown that 20 to 25% of the attacks are in the age group of below 45 years. The best way to diagnose ...

Q: My 82-year-old mother is having angina when she exerts herself. She is scheduled for an angiogram and maybe angioplasty. I’ve heard that women’s heart disease is different from men’s and that ...

Medications, fasting, diet and the procedure -- here's everything you need to know about before going for an angiography and angioplasty. If you have chest pain, difficulty in breathing or feeling of ...

PARIS, France—In patients with chronic coronary syndromes (CCS), a hierarchical strategy that assesses physiology and vascular function at the time of angiography results in better diagnostic yield ...

It sounds as if the thallium scan has shown an area of heart muscle that is possibly short of oxygen - hence the suspicion that one of the arteries to the heart muscle is narrowed. The only way to ...