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The most common cause of heart failure is blockage of coronary arteries that leads to death of the cardiomyocyte heart muscle cells.

The Northern Trust say they currently offer it to heart failure patients who have had an ischaemic event, which is disruption of blood flow to the heart caused by disease of the coronary arteries.

It has long been unclear what the best strategy is for treating narrowings in coronary arteries separate from the specific vessel that caused the infarction.

Coronary heart disease, where a build-up of fatty substances in the coronary arteries interrupts the blood supply to the heart, is one of the most common forms of cardiovascular disease.

Next, the researchers plan to use the intravascular imaging system to image plaques in ex vivo human coronary arteries.