Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a common heart disease that develops when the coronary arteries, the major blood vessels supplying the heart muscle with oxygen-rich blood, become narrowed or blocked, most often by the buildup of fatty deposits in the artery walls. This atherosclerotic process unfolds over years and…
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a common heart disease that develops when the coronary arteries, the major blood vessels supplying the heart muscle with oxygen-rich blood, become narrowed or blocked, most often by the buildup of fatty deposits in the artery walls. This atherosclerotic process unfolds over years and may be silent until it produces angina, breathlessness, or acute events such as myocardial infarction; CAD is among the leading causes of death in both men and women. Its principal risk factors include hypertension, diabetes, abnormal blood lipids, smoking, obesity, physical inactivity, and genetic predisposition, and management combines lifestyle modification, medication, and revascularization through percutaneous coronary intervention or bypass surgery. Diagnosis relies on clinical assessment together with electrocardiography, cardiac imaging, and biomarkers. Research available through the journal addresses the anatomy of the coronary arteries, the clinical and echocardiographic comparison of single- and multivessel disease in acute coronary syndromes, percutaneous intervention for complex coronary lesions, and localization of the culprit artery in unstable angina and non-ST-elevation infarction. Related studies examine bioinformatic analysis of coronary-disease-associated variants in atherosclerosis, vitamin D receptor polymorphisms and dyslipidemia in CAD patients, coronary calcification in type 2 diabetes, intervention outcomes in elderly patients, and cardiovascular disease associated with chronic kidney disease, reflecting the disease's complex vascular and metabolic basis.
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