The aetiology of luminal thrombosis in native coronary arteries is predominately plaque rupture, but can also be surface erosion and, least frequently, calcified nodules The main precursor lesion with ...
The coronary arterial system is composed of three compartments with different functions, although the borders of each compartment cannot be clearly defined anatomically 2 (Figure 1). The proximal ...
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 ...