Coronary artery disease (CAD), better known as clogged arteries, is the leading cause of death in the United States, ...

While this may be a disease-related effect, we cannot discount a generic impact of physical activity on arterial structure, as the athlete's arteries were also different to untrained control subjects.

The lumen is the hollow opening or the space inside the blood vessel. Artery Vein Capillary Function Carry blood away from the heart (usually oxygenated blood, except for the pulmonary artery ...

There is a semilunar valve where the aorta leaves the left ventricle and another where the pulmonary artery leaves the right ventricle. Blood vessels leading into and out of the heart There are ...

The iliac artery, obtained from sheep, was chosen due to its straight and accessible structure. Their article, titled ...

Strokes caused by an artery tear are landing five times as many Americans in the hospital these days, a new study says. Cervical artery dissection involves a small tear in the inner lining of an ...

Cervical artery dissection is a tear in an artery ... A University of Iowa-led study has revealed the unexpected structure adopted by the DNA repair protein RAD52 as it binds and protects ...

BACKGROUND: Shared genetic and lifestyle risk factors may underlie the development of both coronary artery disease (CAD) and dementia. We examined whether an increased genetic risk for CAD is ...