Acute ischemic stroke (AIS) is the leading cause of adult disability in the United States and a major cause of death both ...

It revealed a complete blockage (100% occlusion) in the proximal left anterior descending (LAD) artery (a major vessel that supplies blood to the heart). Initial treatment involved balloon angioplasty ...

RVOT=right ventricle outflow tract The presence of significant stenoses (asterisk) in the proximal left anterior descending artery (LAD) and intermediate branch (IM) could be confirmed by ...

The heart was exposed, and a suture was placed around the proximal left anterior descending artery ... followed by micromanipulator-assisted LAD occlusion with 2 needles at defined levels. Successful ...

Zhao and colleagues, using canine animals in a myocardial study, conducted occlusion of the left anterior descending artery (LAD) for 60 min, followed by reperfusion for 3 h (36). Three cycles of 30-s ...

MI was induced by permanent occlusion of the proximal left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery as described (Kandalam et al., 2010). Mice were anesthetized with ketamine (100 mg/kg) and xylazine ...