When doctors tell patients they'll access their heart through the groin, many react with confusion or concern. Yet this ...

"All these new tests examine function and anatomy beautifully ... "But with CTA, we can rule in or rule out significant heart disease and artery disease, or congenital abnormalities -- and ...

If you clench your hand into a fist, this is approximately the same size as your heart. It is located in the middle of the chest and slightly towards the left. The heart is a large muscular pump ...

All blood vessels are specifically structured to perform their function. For example, a capillary is microscopically thin to allow gases to exchange, the arteries are tough and flexible to cope ...

Greece 2 Department of Anatomy, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece 3 1st Department of Cardiology, Hippokration General Hospital, School of ...