A new study has revealed important differences in how carotid artery narrowing, a major risk factor for stroke, affects men and women. Published in Nature Cardiovascular Research, the study found ...

Robot-assisted surgeries have been used for many different heart-related procedures. These include valve surgery, coronary artery bypass, cardiac tissue ablation, heart defect repair, and tumor ...

Claire Austin, 38, who lived in Sydney, Australia, suffered a severed artery when she hit a sliding glass door inside her flat. Her boyfriend, Lee Loughlin, 44, has reportedly told police the ...

It is indeed a truism that geography plays more than a significant role in a nation’s security and well-being. In the last three years or so, with the world witnessing many unexpected ...

A risky carotid artery operation, currently still the standard treatment for many patients, may then no longer be necessary for this group of patients. This research, published in The Lancet ...

Service cuts to five San Francisco bus routes and parking meter rate hikes are coming to San Francisco under a proposal finalized by the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Board of ...

The dangers of clogged arteries extend well beyond the workings of your heart. Peripheral artery disease makes it difficult for you to walk, causes non-healing sores in your legs or feet, and creates ...

But as soon as I took my hand away, blood squirted over my left shoulder. I could see the artery and could tell that it was cut entirely in two. In a moment of panic, I started running. My mind told ...

Study data support the application of remote ambulatory pulmonary artery pressure measurement using an implantable hemodynamic monitor to assess prognosis at baseline and as a function of change over ...

Femoral neuropathy, also called femoral nerve dysfunction, is one possible cause of movement and sensation problems in the legs. Femoral neuropathy occurs when something affects the femoral nerve ...

The posterior communicating artery is located in the back of the head at the back end of the circle of Willis. The circle of Willis is a band of arteries at the base of the brain that connects the ...

The abdominal aorta is a large artery in your belly that carries blood from the heart to the lower part of the body. In early fetal development, it forms from two smaller blood vessels, called the ...