A study from Stanford researchers identifies the CXCL12 gene as a crucial regulator of the posterior descending artery’s development ... CXCL12 drives natural variation in coronary artery anatomy ...

For some people, this artery, called the posterior descending artery, comes from the left side or from both directions. A study has found that the gene CXCL12 is connected to this artery's ...

first obtuse marginal artery; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; PDA, posterior descending artery; PL1, first posterolateral artery; and SCAD, spontaneous coronary artery dissection. Within the ...

Among the 20 subjects in this study, 13 were hypertensive (7 AD and 6 ND). Coronary artery disease was present in 6 out of 10 AD patients and in 4 out of 10 ND subjects. Cerebral infarcts or lacunar ...

Background: Deep tiny flow voids (DTFVs) have recently been identified as a novel form of collateral circulation linked to chronic steno-occlusive atherosclerotic middle cerebral artery (MCA) lesions, ...

This study aimed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the TFD and the factors affecting healing in patients with dissecting aneurysms in the middle cerebral artery (MCA). Methods: Patients with ...