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2. Left anterior descending artery - Wikipedia

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   Widow maker is an alternative name for the anterior interventricular branch of the left coronary artery. [9] [3] The name widow maker may also apply to the left coronary artery [10] or severe occlusions to that artery. [11] [12] This term is used because the left main coronary and/or the left anterior descending supply blood to large areas of ...

3. Coronary CT calcium scan - Wikipedia

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   This weighted score is then multiplied by the area (in square millimeters) of the coronary calcification. For example, a "speck" of coronary calcification in the left anterior descending artery measures 4 square millimeters and has a peak density of 270 HU. The score is therefore 8 (4 square millimeters × weighted score of 2).

4. Coronary stent - Wikipedia

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   Coronary artery stents, typically a metal framework, can be placed inside the artery to help keep it open. However, as the stent is a foreign object (not native to the body), it incites an immune response. This may cause scar tissue (cell proliferation) to rapidly grow over the stent and cause a neointimal hyperplasia.

5. This Is the #1 Sign of Coronary Calcification, According to ...

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   One of the risk factors for experiencing a heart attack or getting heart disease is coronary artery calcification. Coronary calcification is a buildup of calcium that occurs in the arteries. When ...

6. Angioplasty - Wikipedia

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   A percutaneous coronary intervention, or coronary angioplasty with stenting, is a non-surgical procedure used to improve the blood flow to the heart. [1] Coronary angioplasty is indicated for coronary artery diseases such as unstable angina, NSTEMI, STEMI and spontaneous coronary artery perforation. [1]

7. Percutaneous coronary intervention - Wikipedia

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   A coronary stent placed by percutaneous coronary intervention. Older bare-metal stents (BMS) provide a mechanical framework that holds the artery wall open, preventing stenosis, or narrowing, of coronary arteries. Newer drug-eluting stents (DES) are traditional stents with a polymer coating containing drugs that prevent cell proliferation. The ...

8. Coronary catheterization - Wikipedia

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   Coronary angiography of a critical sub-occlusion of the common trunk of the left coronary artery and the circumflex artery. (See arrows) During coronary catheterization (often referred to as a "cath" or "cardiac cath" by physicians), blood pressures are recorded and fluoroscopy ( X-ray motion picture ) shadow-grams of the blood inside the ...

9. Intravascular ultrasound - Wikipedia

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   An IVUS image of the ostial left main coronary artery (left). The blue outline delineates the cross-sectional area of the lumen of the artery (A1 in the upper right corner), measuring 6.0 mm 2. A two-dimensional mapping of the proximal LAD and left main coronary arteries is shown on the right.