Doctors might be able to use a new scoring system to avoid unnecessary surgery to prevent strokes, a new study shows. Patients with clogged arteries often undergo surgery to reopen blood vessels ...

Pennsylvania heart specialists welcomed the results of a decade-long study reinforcing their belief in minimally invasive techniques to treat clogged neck arteries versus major surgery. Researchers ...

Blocked arteries don't always announce themselves loudly with sudden chest pain or a collapse but develop quietly over the years. This blockage restricts blood supply to vital organs without obvious ...

Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is no longer something that happens to the elderly. Across India, there is a growing and concerning pattern of patients in their 30s and 40s walking in with significantly ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Arteries can become blocked over many decades, before resulting in conditions that can become severe quickly. (Getty Images) ...

Bypass surgery is a type of open-heart surgery. Surgeons may use several different types of bypass surgeries to repair or replace the heart. Open-heart surgery is an operation where surgeons repair or ...

A coronary artery bypass is one of several types of open-heart surgeries, which are major medical procedures. Open-heart surgery is a group of procedures that involve cutting through the breastbone to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Bloomberg) -- Singapore’s Second Minister for Law Edwin Tong is recovering from surgery after doctors discovered a severely ...

NEW YORK - Former President Bill Clinton, who had quadruple bypass surgery more than five years ago, was hospitalized Thursday to have a clogged heart artery opened after suffering chest pains. Two ...

People with plaque in the blood vessels of their neck have a higher amount of tiny plastic particles in those vessels compared to people with healthy arteries. This increase was significantly higher ...

Plastics are ubiquitous in our society. Made from petroleum products, these highly durable materials have what seems like an endless array of applications, some of which last a long time, like parts ...