Coronary Artery Disease

Overview

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a condition in which the coronary arteries that supply oxygen-rich blood to the heart muscle become narrowed or blocked, most often by the buildup of fatty, cholesterol-laden plaque in a process called atherosclerosis. As blood flow to the myocardium is restricted, CAD can cause chest pain (angina) and, if a plaque ruptures and a clot forms, can precipitate a heart attack, heart failure, arrhythmia, or sudden cardiac death. Major risk factors include smoking, high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol, diabetes, obesity, and physical inactivity, and management ranges from lifestyle modification and medication to revascularization by angioplasty or bypass surgery. The International Journal of Heart Research has published extensively on these themes, including studies of percutaneous coronary intervention in very elderly patients, anatomical variation in the diameter of the left coronary artery and its branches, comparisons of single- versus multivessel disease in acute coronary syndromes, percutaneous intervention for a complex left main lesion, and a bioinformatic analysis of coronary-disease-associated SNPs and genes implicated in atherosclerosis. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to coronary artery disease, its risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment.

Research published in this journal

12 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

How this research is being cited

The 12 articles above have been cited 81 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

• Role of Macrophages in Cardiac Remodeling: Cues From Zebrafish Heart
  2026 · Immunity, Inflammation and Disease
• Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio as a Predictor of Mortality and Clinical Outcomes in Heart Failure Patients
  2025 · Cureus
• Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio as a Predictor of Mortality and Clinical Outcomes in Heart Failure Patients
  2025 · Cureus
• Exploring The Potential Of In situ Radiopaque Bioactive Glass In Modern Biomedical Application-Scope Unforeseen
  Rupam Saha et al. · 2025 · Medicine in Novel Technology and Devices
• In Vitro Cytogenotoxicity of Iohexol in Bronchial Epithelial Cells and In Silico DNA and BCL-XL Affinity Studies.
  Ibrahim Halil Kenger et al. · 2025 · Journal of Applied Toxicology
• Large-scale synthesis of non-ionic bismuth chelate for computed tomography imaging in vivo.
  Yuping Zhang et al. · 2025 · Biomaterials
• The Influence of the Presence of the Ramus Intermedius on Atherosclerosis Plaque Deposition in the Left Bifurcation Region in Low-Risk Individuals
  2025 · Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine
• In Vitro Cytogenotoxicity of Iohexol in Bronchial Epithelial Cells and In Silico DNA and BCL‐XL Affinity Studies
  2025 · Journal of Applied Toxicology

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