Premenopausal women presenting with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) are a unique and often underrecognized patient population. Although they are traditionally considered at lower cardiovascular risk ...

Coronary artery spasms temporarily tighten the arteries that wrap around your heart. Your coronary arteries are blood vessels that supply blood and oxygen to your entire heart muscle. The artery walls ...

The Department of Medicine at University of Calgary led an analysis comparing several clinical mental disorders with risk of acute coronary syndrome, a term that includes heart attack and emergency ...

This inhibited coronary artery relaxation, which possibly led to coronary artery spasm and acute myocardial infarction, the authors wrote. Since lidocaine is a widely used local anesthetic in clinical ...

Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is an umbrella term for a range of conditions that cause reduced blood flow to your heart. Acute coronary syndrome symptoms may vary, but the underlying cause is a ...

Acetylcholine (ACh) rechallenge may be a novel method to improve detection of coexisting coronary spasm endotypes, and at the same time, assess the treatment response to nitrate-based therapies, a new ...

There is a link between coronary artery spasms and anxiety. Psychological factors, such as anxiety and depression, may cause physical changes to the arteries that supply blood to the heart. Around 40% ...

Women—especially younger women—have greater morbidity and mortality from myocardial infarction than men. The VIRGO study involving young patients (aged 18–55 years) suggests that delay in arrival to ...

In patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery performed 2-3 days after ticagrelor cessation showed noninferiority with respect to perioperative bleeding ...